num_pages: 490
description: Ellery's job was to keep a powerful tycoon from being murdered. The task looked simple. But here was a case where the perfect detective came face to face with a killer how had contrived the perfect crime! For how could King Bendigo, closely guarded behind steel doors, be shot by Judah, who was being watched by Ellery in another room? Queen was royally stumped and knew he had to think fast--before the Bendigo court really lost its head!
language: English
title: The King is Dead
titlecomplete: The King is Dead
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Golden Age Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Crime
ratings_count: 512
series: Ellery Queen Detective, Wrightsville Chronicles
publisher: Signet