A review by quoththegirl
The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen

3.0

I picked this up for a dollar at Brattle Books in Boston, and promptly took it over to Boston Common, plunked down on the grass, and read most of it in one sitting. This was my first Ellery Queen mystery, and it was good fun! No Holmes, but thoroughly entertaining nonetheless. The actual plot doesn't hold up perfectly for modern audiences--many things are obvious to a reader of the 1930s that are not obvious to a reader today--but it didn't hamper my enjoyment by much.