And on the Eighth Day, Ellery Queen
And on the Eighth Day, Ellery Queen
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And on the Eighth Day

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2014

Synopsis

While stranded in the desert, Ellery Queen stumbles across 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.

About Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn—Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (1905–1982), and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (1905–1971)—to write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered forty-two years, Ellery Queen served as both the authors’ name and that of the detective-hero. The cousins also cofounded and directed Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential English crime-fiction magazines of the twentieth century. They were given the Grand Master Award for achievements in the field of the mystery story by the Mystery Writers of America in 1961.

About Mark Peckham

Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on August 08, 2013

My favorite Ellery Queen novel. It's unique and beautiful.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on December 01, 2018

As far as Ellery Queen books go, fans either love or hate this book. Though it does involve Ellery, and there is a murder, the pace is extremely slow, and will try the patience of many a reader. Lost in the SW desert, Ellery stumbles upon a desert commune, run by a religious leader considered by his......more

Goodreads review by John on August 22, 2010

Most of the Ellery Queen mystery novels of the sixties were ghostwritten by other authors. Avram Davidson, better known for his fantasy/sf fiction, wrote And On the Eighth Day based on an outline by Frederick Dannay, half of the Ellery Queen writing team. Driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Queen......more

Goodreads review by Michelle F on September 07, 2018

This was my first Queen! I read and reviewed it in 2007 (on Librarything), and it kicked off a great appreciation in me. I do realize now that this book was a bit of an outlier in the Queen catalog, but I’m really glad it got me started. My original review: As a somewhat enthusiastic mystery fan, I'm......more

Goodreads review by William on July 26, 2020

This love-it-or-hate-it Queen was a pleasant surprise. Folks reading any of my updates are probably sick of hearing about how little I care for late Ellery Queen vs his (their) earlier work. Eighth Day is a WEIRD book. First, it's one of several Queen books where a ghostwriter filled out an outline......more

Quotes

“Ellery Queen is the American detective story.” Anthony Boucher, author of Nine times Nine

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