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ELLERY QUEEN'S
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ELLERY QUEEN'S
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In 1950, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine took a vote of 11 experts, among them Vincent Starrett, Charles Honce, and Lew D. Feldman asking for the experts' pick of the best detective stories ever written. There were 83 detective stories nominated. The final selection of the best was as shown below. The results were published in the July 1950 issue of the magazine.
| 1 | Thomas Burke | The Hands of Mr. Ottermole |
| 2 | Edgar Allan Poe | The Purloined Letter |
| 3 | Arthur Conan Doyle | The Red-Headed League |
| 4 | Anthony Berkeley | The Avenging Chance |
| 5 | Robert Barr | The Absent-Minded Coterie |
| 6 | Jacques Futrelle | The Problem of Cell 13 |
| 7 | G. K. Chesterton | The Invisible Man |
| 8 | Melville D. Post | Naboth's Nineyard |
| 9 | Aldous Huxley | The Gioconda Smile |
| 10 | H. C. Bailey | The Yellow Slugs |
| 11 | E. C. Bentley | The Genuine Tabard |
| 12 | Dorothy Sayers | Suspicion |
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