The Finishing Stroke the young heir, was born in 1905. This is at odds with accounts in the earliest Queen stories, but Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, who co-wrote the novels under the "Ellery Queen" pen name, were both born in 1905. To quote some negative criticism of the novel: "Rhymed threats of murder, accompanied by symbolic objectives, bewilder the guests and annoy the reader. The pervasive vulgarity renders the trick plot even less believable and justifies the contempt of those who dismiss all crime fiction as puerile." The Finishing Stroke The Finishing Stroke is a mystery novel by Ellery Queen, published
Elizabeth Haynes (crime writer) 2011. Following publication by Harper Collins in the USA it became a "New York Times" bestseller. Her second novel, "Revenge of the Tide" (U.S. title: "Dark Tide"), was published in the UK by Myriad Editions in March 2012 and her third novel, "Human Remains", was published in February 2013. Elizabeth's fourth novel, "Under A Silent Moon", was released on E-Book on 15 October 2013 and was released in paperback on 24 April 2014. Elizabeth Haynes (crime writer) Elizabeth Haynes is a British writer of crime fiction. Elizabeth Haynes grew up in Seaford, East Sussex, and studied English, German and Art