Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine

Product Description

Product Description

Top-notch stories written by the world's leading crime and mystery writers, including Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver, Margaret Maron, Val McDermid, Anne Perry, Ruth Rendell, and Peter Robinson. Issues include short stories, book reviews, mystery crosswords, and more.

Product Description

Top-notch stories written by the world's leading crime and mystery writers, including Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver, Margaret Maron, Val McDermid, Anne Perry, Ruth Rendell, and Peter Robinson. Issues include short stories, book reviews, mystery crosswords, and more.

Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Penny Press
• ASIN: B000066T06
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #818 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
  • #3 in Magazines > Entertainment > Books & Reading > Literary Journals > Mystery & Suspense
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and reliable mystery tales December 1, 2003

By Maddi Hausmann Sojourner

Subscription Term Name:1 year

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (EQMM) is the sharper image of its sister publication, Alfred Hitchcock's (AHMM). The stories are more polished, some have literary aspirations, and I'm more likely to find the well-executed twist in an EQMM story. While not every piece is a textbook mystery (some are police procedurals or psychological thrillers), all are good entertainment.

Editor Janet Hutchings introduces each piece with a description of the story, or what the author is working on, or an introduction to the writer if this is a first story. Occasional pen and ink illustrations, while not required to enjoy any of the stories, add to the feeling that EQMM is richer than AHMM. Some authors appear every month (Edward Hoch, amazing!) or almost as much (Doug Allyn) and deliver a quality story every time. There are plenty of other writers to enjoy; some are series tales with a recurring character, some create new worlds but impress with their mastery of the short story form.

EQMM relies on fewer gimmicky departments and more fiction. There is a book review column, calling your attention to novels worth reading.

If you love mysteries you should be getting both AHMM and EQMM.

Note: Starting with the 2004 issues, EQMM will publish only 10 issues a year; 2 will be "double issues" with almost twice as many pages. I remember when the Dell Magazines published 13 issues a year, including the "mid-December" one; back then the magazines came every 4 weeks. Those were the days and I have shown myself to be a certified grumpy codger.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars EQ Delivers every month! February 27, 2003

By J. Horton

Subscription Term Name:1 year

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine consistently delivers solid stories every month. As others have noted, not every story is a gem, but I usually find *at least* one really good story per issue, and most of the rest are quite enjoyable. (With around 10 stories per issue, you have to expect the occasional dud.)

This has been true for as long as I've been reading the magazine, which must be close to 30 years, now! The quality of the writing is consistently good, because the editors know what they're doing.

As a previous reviewer said, it is a good idea to pick up one issue to see if you like the kinds of stories EQ has to offer. But if you like that one issue, you can be sure you will enjoy others.

Note: Though it's known as EQ "Mystery Magazine", not all stories are mysteries. They do all fall generally into the "crime" category.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars No comparison to the original EQMM April 6, 2010

By Penny

Subscription Term Name:1 year

My 80+ year old mother used to enjoy EQMM when I was a kid, so I thought she'd like a subscription for her birthday last year. Wrong! With the very first issue, she started complaining that there was too much bad language and sex in the stories. So I checked it out, and it did seem to be a lot, but no more than what I've come to expect from books, tv, and movies today. For her though, it was understandably racy, and to prove her point she dug out some old EQMM and read some stories. The difference in writing was immediately obvious. The older issues were infinitely better written, with less bad language and no sexual content.

I'm not saying it's a bad magazine, but if you're considering this for gift subscription for someone who enjoyed EQMM years ago, be aware that it's not the same as the magazine they used to read.