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This new publication includes a detailed account covering the lives of the creators, the how and why they moved llery Queen into radio, and a detailed history of the series during its long run on the airwaves (1939-48). Included in the chapters are reminiscences taken from interviews and correspondence with the creators themselves; with mystery writer and critic Anthony Boucher, who collaborated on more than 70 of the later radio adventures of the master detective; and with three of the actors who played Ellery over the years.

Includes an introduction by Larry Dobkin, who played Ellery Queen for a short time on the radio! Includes a detailed broadcast log with a chart showing various time slots, networks, sponsors, and competition. Brief biographies of cast and production crew. Capsule biographies of more than 350 personalities who appeared on the program as guest armchair detectives. A week-by-week log giving principal actors, announcer, director, composer-conductor, sponsor, script writer(s), plot synopsis, and much more. Appendices covering subjects like the early episodes of The Shadow that Dannay and Lee wrote without credit in order to learn the craft of radio writing, and other Ellery Queen incarnations on the radio.

Average Customer Rating:

An exemplary account

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I wonder if any of the Ellery Queen radio plays will ever be published! Or if any more have been discovered since the publication of this book, which might have been almost twenty years ago. Surely in all that time a few might have been discovered in a crate, trunk, or archive. I would love to have whole book of them published, as we Ellery Queen fans haven't had anything substantial to chow down on since the publication of the TRAGEDY OF ERRORS outline a few years back. THE SOUND OF DETECTION is such a great book, makes you hungry to hear some of the scripts being acted out by the great character actors of the radio. It's literally haunting. I love the way the actress who played Nikki Porter got married to the producer of the show, Zachary, and then found her parts getting bigger and bigger--a la Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer. And the cannibalization of Dannay and Lee, always feeding back on the prior products of their mind, is almost painful to read about.

Wonderful Scholarship!	Customer Rating:
Martin Grams once again demonstrates that he is one of our leading scholars of vintage radio drama. The Sound of Detection is THE total source-book on all-things radio related to Ellery Queen. If you are a mystery fan, an old time radio fan, or just interested in how a literary propety transfers into another medium, this is the book for you. Bravo, Mr. Grams!

VOYAGE TO GREAT DETECTION	Customer Rating:
The booki is full of information and great reading experience. I give it only 4 stars because of the lack of photos to make this volume even better. BUY IT!