[PW] "punchline" mysteries

[Dennis Lien]

At 12:21 PM 10/23/2007, you wrote:
>Hello from rainy Kentucky,
>
>I'm looking for suggestions of short mysteries that are what I call
>"punchline" mysteries; that is, the solutionis given in the last sentence or
>paragraph.


I recall several of the short tales in Ellery Queen's collection
Q.B.I. do this, including "The Three Widows," "G.I. Story," and
probably others.  (Probably other EQ short stories collected
elsewhere too.)


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien at umn.edu