A first-rate detective novel that explores media's manipulation of a
gullible public.
A cult leader announces a miracle will take place and she will rise to
heaven. A medium prophesies the date, publicity gets to work, and all of
America hums with anticipation. On the appointed day, she disappears and
scientist Mortimer Hood, there to verify the miracle, must investigate
how--and whether--the whole thing is a hoax, or if the priestess has
been murdered.
Originally published in 1936, this edition features a new introduction
by poet and academic Gregory Betts (editor of The Wrong World: Bertram
Brooker's Stories and Essays).