The story takes place in the small, out-of-the-way town of Wrightsville, where the famous writer and amateur detective Ellery Queen ends up by the will of fate. He takes charge of investigating the brutal murders that occur in the town—and, as always, he succeeds brilliantly in uncovering the criminals.
A work in the best traditions of detective fiction. In the novel “Unhappy Town” we meet the residents of Wrightsville for the first time—where Ellery will subsequently return again and again in his investigations. The town is astonishingly reminiscent of the English villages described in Agatha Christie’s novels: everything is out in the open, everyone knows everyone, but one of them is the criminal.
Ellery investigates the murder of a young woman—Nora—but things are not as simple as they seem at first glance…