The Origin of Evil The Origin of Evil The Origin of Evil is a mystery novel by Ellery Queen (pseudonym of American writers Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay), published in 1951. It is set in Los Angeles, US. The beautiful young Laurel Hill asks Ellery Queen to investigate a series of unusual anonymous gifts that have been received by her father, Leander Hill, half of Hill and Priam, Wholesale Jewelers. Roger Priam is Leander's partner, who uses a wheelchair. The latest gift, a dead dog with a mysterious note in a silver casket around its neck, has caused Leander to have a heart
Pen name Ogure Ito is roughly how the Japanese pronounce "oh great". A "shâ'er" (Persian from Arabic, for poet) (a poet who writes "she'rs" in Urdu or Persian) almost always has a "takhallus", a pen name, traditionally placed at the end of the name (often marked by a graphical sign placed above it) when referring to the poet by his full name. For example, Hafez is a pen-name for "Shams al-Din", and thus the usual way to refer to him would be "Shams al-Din Hafez" or just "Hafez". "Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan" (his official name and title) is referred to as "Mirza