From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique
hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new
series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a
type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet.
In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art
Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a
superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has
appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film
Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules
of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on
Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps
series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a
'B' for Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's My
Ántonia. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as
elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves.
Q is for Queen. Ellery Queen is a fictional detective regarded by
many as the definitive American detective-hero, rivaling Nero Wolfe as
the successor to Sherlock Holmes. Ellery Queen also serves as the joint
pseudonym for the creators, cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. In
a successful series of novels and short stories that covered 42 years,
Ellery Queen was the best known American fictional detective during the
1930s and 1940s.
The Greek Coffin Mystery (1932) is considered one of the earliest,
most popular, confounding, brilliantly plotted classic whodunit
mysteries of the Ellery Queen series, involving a dead and blind art
dealer, a slain forger, a stolen priceless painting and the
disappearance of a mysterious will from a New York townhouse full of
suspects. During the funeral of famous art dealer Georg Khalkis, the
metal box containing his last will and testament had vanished from the
library safe. Son of a New York cop, Ellery Queen, a young master of
deduction, orders a search of the coffin. To the horror of both
detectives and mourners, when the coffin is unearthed, a second corpse,
strangled and decaying, is found with the late Georg Khalkis.
