And on the Eighth Day -- Ellery Queen

<b>Death Valley lives up to its name when a murder draws Ellery Queen into the strange practices of a religious cult.</b> <p/> 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. <p/> 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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ellery Queen<br><b>Publisher:</b> Open Road Integrated Media LLC<br><b>Published:</b> 11/16/2021<br><b>Pages:</b> 220<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.56lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.50d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781504069076<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>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 for