Description:

TRICK I-- The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and eldely owner. and, for the grand finale, both reappear--each as dead as the other.

TRICK II--From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of twelve feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back. A feat utterly impossible to perform--yet brazenly and undeniably done.

TRICK III-- The piece de resistance. This time it's an entire house, a real house, a solid house which Ellery Queen had been in only the day before...vanished from the face of the earth. And in its place, one of the most incredible conundrums ever to face the master crime solver.

• The Lamp of God (Detective Story, October 1935 as House of Haunts)
• ...The Treasure Hunt (Detective Story, 1935)
• ...The Hollow Dragon (Redbook, December 1936)
• ...The House of Darkness (The American Magazine, February 1935)
• ...The Bleeding Portrait (original title: "The Gramatan Mystery"
• Man Bites Dog (Blue Book, June, 1939)
• Long Shot (Blue Book, September 1939)
• Mind Over Matter (Blue Book, October 1939)
• The Trojan Horse (Blue Book, December 1939)