Books like The Door Between by Ellery Queen

Agatha Christie’s 1939 mystery, first titled Ten Little Niggers, revolves around a deadly puzzle on an isolated island, where a group of millionaires is killed one by one. It was later published as And Then There Were None.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective tale follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the legend of an undead hound on Dartmoor, revealing secrets that threaten a family’s legacy.

Hard‑boiled detective Sam Spade races to recover a priceless, gem‑encrusted statuette while double‑crosses and danger creep from every corner.

A pioneering English detective story in which a priceless diamond, once stolen from a Hindu idol and presented to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, disappears again, sparking intrigue and danger.

Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 detective tale in which Parisian sleuth C. Auguste Dupin uncovers the truth behind the double murder on Rue Morgue.

Cody Hoyt, a brilliant but alcoholic cop, investigates the suspicious death of his mentor Hank Winters after a mentor’s burned cabin points to foul play, forcing him to confront his own sobriety and past misconduct.

During a mountain vacation, Ellery Queen and his father are trapped by a forest fire at a remote cabin where a doctor, his family, and unusual guests—including conjoined twins—meet a deadly mystery. Queen must solve twin murders while fending off flames.

Two New York detectives find themselves tangled up in the kidnapping of a father and his driver, adding to the complexity of their investigation and putting their own lives at risk.

1 Trumpetbird in the Cop Car by Janwillem van de Wetering 2 Boots by Antonia Fraser 3 Old P by H.R.F. Keating 4 Eavesdropping by Ron Goulart 5 Happy Christmas by Robert Barnard 6 Drown Her on Saturday by Celia Fremlin 7 Kill before Publication by Martin Russell 8 The Film Festival Assignment by Edward D. Hoch 9 Have a Nice Death by George Baxt 10 A Little Innocent Matchmaking by Ernest Savage 11 The Question by Stanley Ellin 12 The Old Barn on the Pond by Ursula Curtiss 13 Her Heart's Home by Mary McMullen 14 The Phonograph Murder by Helen Reilly 15 The Night Calhoun was Off Duty by Thomas Walsh 16 The Missing Mortgagee by R. Austin Freeman 17 The Beauty in that House by Florence V. Mayberry 18 The Mysterious Death in Percy Street by Baroness Orczy 19 The Shop that Exchanged Evils by Lord Dunsany 20 The Neighbours by John Galsworthy 21 Who's the Blonde? by John D. MacDonald 22 In a Country Churchyard by Robert L. Fish 23 Rear Window by Cornell Woolrich

Ellery Queen’s first solo crime novel, originally outlined by Fred Dannay and ghost‑written by Theodore Sturgeon, tells a tense mystery that questions the limits of control and collaboration in detective fiction.

In Ellery Queen’s latest mystery, a summer escape at Spanish Cape turns deadly when a one‑eyed giant kidnaps a heiress and her uncle, leading to a tangled web of blackmail, suicide, and a climactic unmasking of the killer.

When Mrs. French is found dead in her department store’s showroom, Detective Ellery Queen and his father must untangle a web of corporate intrigue and familial secrets to uncover the killer hidden behind the glamorous façade of New York’s most celebrated retail empire.

Theresa Graham marries into the Hardin clan, only to discover a web of family secrets, danger, and murder during their honeymoon visit. Suspense thickens as Theresa must navigate betrayal and a mysterious intruder for survival.

Number 35 The Hill, a disturbing crime story involving a kidnapping and investigation by police detectives.

In the second act of a theatre production, a blackmailer is found murdered in the back row. Inspector Queen and his son Ellery investigate, focusing on the victim’s missing top hat.