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And on the Eighth Day (An Ellery Queen Mystery Ser.)) Kindle Edition

by Ellery Queen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Death Valley lives up to its name when a murder draws Ellery Queen into the strange practices of a religious cult.
 
It’s 1943, the war is raging, and sleuthing scribe Ellery Queen wants to do his bit. After a tortuous cross-country drive, he takes a job writing scripts for a Hollywood propaganda house—twelve hours a day of hack work that quickly turns his mind to jelly. After a few weeks, he is so worn down that he can type nothing but gibberish, and he decides to drive home. The trouble starts as soon as he reaches the desert.
 
His ancient roadster breaks down on the edge of Death Valley. Wandering in search of help, he is saved by a man known as the Teacher, who takes him to an oasis called Quenan. Here, Queen finds a bizarre, reclusive cult that seems to have come straight out of the ancient past. A murder has been committed in the desert, and the Quenanites plan on delivering some Old Testament justice. Queen is just the detective they’ve been waiting for.
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 “A new Ellery Queen book has always been something to look forward to for many years now.” —Agatha Christie “Ellery Queen is the American detective story.” —Anthony Boucher, author of Nine Times Nine

About the Author

Ellery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty-two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age “fair play” mystery. Although eventually famous on television and radio, Queen’s first appearance came in 1928, when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that was later published as The Roman Hat Mystery. Their character was an amateur detective who uses his spare time to assist his police inspector uncle in solving baffling crimes. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee’s death.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00B1MSIAK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (February 5, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 5, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4039 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 209 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Ellery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty-two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age "fair play" mystery. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death in 1971.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
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Larry V. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Short of Ellery Queen!
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2023
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But just as engrossing, literate, witty, and engaging as the other Ellery Queen stories I have read! This story is different because of its pacing, the setting, the lack of regular police-type characters. But the story is powerful, the mystery still very real, and Ellery is still Ellery! I am firmly a fan of the Ellery Queen oeurve!
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Paul D.
3.0 out of 5 stars eh
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021
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not much to like in this book but read it nonetheless.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Among the Least Appealing of the Books Written Under the Queen Name.
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020
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This novel written during WW2, is a rather puzzling effort by the two Brooklyn cousins who comprised "Ellery Queen", along with a then quite young new writer (Avram Davidson 1923-1993) who was just getting started. As we all know by now, in general, one of the cousins outlined the book's structure, the other wrote the book and then, if necessary, they would "consult" ( with more or less conflicting outlooks) on the final result, In those days ,before their great success in multiple media and publications, the presence of another "ghost" was unusual.
Perhaps it was something to do with the war, perhaps the impulse of one or both to do something different or more "significant", but at any rate, to this steady reader and collector since those early 1940's days, it lacks the interest and character that I enjoyed in the general run of their work. The story which is built on Ellery getting involved with a hidden community in the Southwest does interest a fair number of readers.....and, if the cost is quite bearable for you, and you are a Queen fan, you will want to read it with a good chance that it will strike you as well worth the effort.....I didn't feel that way...........but then it took me 75 years to read and not immediately forget it.
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David I. Williams
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2015
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It was an interesting story. My one of the better Queen novels. I the characters are a little odd and the story seems about out of focus, but it was fun.
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Cy Tuma
5.0 out of 5 stars Page-turner, worth the price
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016
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Amazing. Far better than science fiction. Sociology of religion or anthropology as fiction. It is difficult to categorize.

Ellery certainly has some unique adventures.
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Bethany E. Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars classic
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017
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LOVE Ellery Queen
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Delamaine
2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I want in an EQ book
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2022
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I kept forcing myself to continue with this, certain that Ellery was actually in a Hollywood hospital delirious with burnout or illness. Kept looking for analogies with real EQ characters, i.e., I thought the Teacher was Inspector Queen seen through a delirium haze. Kept pushing on, despite the unsatisfactory story, and there was no payoff of that sort at all. It was allegedly all happening to Ellery in real life. But - I did guess what the famous ‘lost book’ was. Merely curious now as to how it ended up in that shop. This one won’t be a reread for me.
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Michael wolfe
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2015
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Not as good as some I've read,but not to bad
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jean appleyard
1.0 out of 5 stars not enjoyable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2015
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Just could not get interested in this book. It did not draw me into it.
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