About “The Finishing Stroke”
The Finishing Stroke is a mystery novel by Ellery Queen, published in 1958. It is noted for its complexity and elaborate style, resembling the early Ellery Queen novels from the late 1920s and early 1930s. Unlike Queen’s later works, which are more realistic, this novel has a more traditional and intricate structure. The story takes place in New York state across three different time periods: early 1905, the Christmas-New Year's holidays of 1929-1930, and midsummer 1957. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1958