Drury Lane (character)

Drury Lane
The four Drury Lane novels
First appearanceThe Tragedy of X
Last appearanceDrury Lane's Last Case
Created byEllery Queen (writing as "Barnaby Ross")
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationActor, unofficial detective
NationalityAmerican

Drury Lane is a fictional detective created in the 1930s by Frederick Danny and Manfred B. Lee, working under the pen name Barnaby Ross rather than their usual pen name of Ellery Queen. Some reprints have used the Ellery Queen name. Lane is a deaf Shakespearean actor turned amateur sleuth.