The Four Johns
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An exciting mystery by the masterly Ellery Queen
The four of them had only two things in commonβtheir name and a love for the ladies. John Boce was a no-account accountant who lusted after food, drink, cars, and women. John Thompson was a secretive librarian who liked his books and his women well-stacked. John Viviano was a fashion photographer with a great feel for a bodyβany body! And John Pilgrim was a poetic bum who had the girls hanging on his every stanza. All of them wanted the same woman, but which one wanted her enough to kill?
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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.
