The Most Delicious Cold Drink (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Suspense Stories Selection): Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Suspense Stories Selection

Author: Laura Wilson
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: American Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine suspense novel selection. All works in this book have won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has sold millions of copies. How can one imitate the voice of a cold-blooded murderer? A once-famous voice actor has lost his touch, and worse, a harsh fate is waiting for him. The producer kicks him out, and he cannot bear such an ending. He wants revenge. After the act, he is surprised to find that his voice is exactly the same as the voice required for the role. It's time for dessert, and the tray is filled with delicious pastries. However, which one is poisoned? Even the poisoner himself can't tell. Who will eat this poisoned cake? Only God knows. Well, let God decide. Even the greatest people have troubles. Like Charlemagne, despite being the master of an empire and having boundless power, he couldn't change this fact: his beloved son was hunchbacked. And this hunchbacked son was about to usurp the throne. He could stop the rebellion, but his son—a second-rate painter, a gallery owner, a notorious playboy, plus twelve priests dissatisfied with the Roman Curia—planned a complex and cunning theft scheme, targeting the rare treasures of the Curia—Peter the Great's portrait. However, like all plans, no matter how meticulous, accidents always happen.