What's in the Dark?

In this classic mystery from the Grand Master Edgar Award–winning author, police officer Tim Corrigan searches for a killer in the midst of a NYC blackout.

High above the sidewalks of Manhattan, Miss Graves is closing up the offices of the Burns Accounting Company when she hears a car backfire. It takes her a moment to realize that there are no cars on the skyscraper’s 21st floor. What she heard was a gunshot. But before she has a chance to scream, the lights go out across the Eastern Seaboard. In an instant, New York plunges into darkness, and a killer escapes into a city of shadows.

With the blackout comes chaos, as the city’s millions erupt into a frenzy of fear. Restoring order falls to the one-eyed peacekeeper of the NYPD, Tim Corrigan, and his closest friend, private detective Chuck Baer. Before the night is through, the two men will track down a murderer—and bring light back into a darkened city.

Praise for Ellery Queen:

“Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.” —Otto Penzler, editor of The Best American Mystery Stories

“A new Ellery Queen book has always been something to look forward to for many years now.” —Agatha Christie

“Ellery Queen is the American detective story.” —Anthony Boucher, author of Nine Times Nine