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The King is Dead by Ellery Queen (1960, Pb) Pocket book 6047, 4th printing. The King Is Dead is a 1952 mystery novel by American authors Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, writing as Ellery Queen, featuring their detective-hero, Ellery Queen, who is hired to protect a wealthy arms dealer, King Bendigo, from death threats, only for the man to be found murdered in a seemingly impossible locked-room scenario. The story involves a powerful, reclusive tycoon, his threatening brother, and a series of cryptic notes leading up to the "impossible" murder on a private island, blending classic "fair play" mystery with psychological elements. The King Is Dead is a 1952 mystery novel by American authors Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, writing as Ellery Queen, featuring their detective-hero, Ellery Queen, who is hired to protect a wealthy arms dealer, King Bendigo, from death threats, only for the man to be found murdered in a seemingly impossible locked-room scenario. The story involves a powerful, reclusive tycoon, his threatening brother, and a series of cryptic notes leading up to the "impossible" murder on a private island, blending classic "fair play" mystery with psychological elements.