sentences:  After many popular mystery novels and a number of movies, the character of Ellery Queen was at this point firmly established.This is the first of what became known as the "Wrightsville" novels, which were at one time published in an omnibus edition called "The Wrightsville Murders".The Wrightsville novels all take place against the backdrop of that small imaginary New England town, feature some characters that repeat between books, and generally are more character-driven and realistic than the earliest Ellery Queen puzzle mysteries.