This classic mystery novel by Ellery Queen, introduced by Otto Penzler, takes readers on a bizarre adventure in Arroyo, West Virginia. After a schoolmaster is brutally murdered on Christmas Eve, three more men are found with their heads cut off, crucified in the form of a T. Follow Ellery Queen as he tries to solve the mystery with a crucial clue that only comes after the fourth murder.

The Egyptian Cross Mystery

Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee.In a successful series of novels that covered 42 years, Ellery Queen served as both author's name and that of the detective-hero. - More in…