The Fourth Side of the Triangle
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Frightfully rich and awesomely respectable, the McKells had never been touched by scandal. At least, not until the handsome Dane McKell discovered his father's secret affair. Determined to protect his mother, he forced a meeting with the other woman.
But Dane didn't count on falling in love with her himself. Nor did he count on the front page murder that engulfed them all. Sheila, exotic young international leader of haute couture, is found murdered in her Park Avenue penthouse. Two floors down, the distinguished middle-aged millionaireβAshton McKellβis hauled off to jail. Next to go, Lutetia, his shy patrician wife. And then Dane. Together, a triangle of murder suspects.
Ellery Queen, immobilized, can trick the police into becoming his "legmen" if he discovers the fourth side of the triangle before the blackmailer squeals.
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Ellery Queen is a pseudonym used by two American cousins from BrooklynβDaniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (1905β1982), and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (1905β1971)βto write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered forty-two years, Ellery Queen served as both the authorsβ name and that of the detective-hero. The cousins also cofounded and directed Ellery Queenβs Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential English crime-fiction magazines of the twentieth century. They were given the Grand Master Award for achievements in the field of the mystery story by the Mystery Writers of America in 1961.
Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.
