Ellery Queen’s Anthology. Volume 1, 1960

Dear Reader:

At the very first planning of this anthology we settled on two clear and definitive editorial policies:

First, that every story selected must meet the twin standards of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine — high quality or high professionalism of writing, and superior craftsmanship or superior originality of plotting.

Second, that we would not include a single story from any anthology previously edited by Ellery Queen.

Thus, by our two standards of selection, we aimed at a double objective: quality and freshness — the quality of stories that have true anthology status, and the freshness usually found in newly written stories.

Here, then, is happy hunting — in the Land of Perfect Escape. Here, for your reading pleasure, is a compendium of crime, with murder in full measure — a king-size mystery package worth a Queen’s ransom — a veritable Who’s Who of whodunits.

Read hearty!

Ellery Queen