Crucifixion on Christmas Day.
That's what the newspapers report when a small-town schoolteacher is discovered dead, beheaded, and tied to a T-shaped cross on December 25th.
It's a murder bizarre enough to pique Ellery Queen 's interest -- and intriguing enough to lure him to the West Virginia village where it occurred to take a closer look.
But when he arrives, Queen is met with too few clues and too little evidence to produce a satisfactory verdict, even for a master sleuth.
American Mystery Classics The egyptian cross mystery: an ellery queen mystery, paperback/ellery queen
