title: A Room To Die In
author:  Ellery Queen 
description: Pocket Books #50492, 1965. Stated First Printing in Near fine condition. It has a one centimeter tear at the upper right edge of the rear wrapper. Bump at the base of the spine.
zlib_text: # Sanctuary
  
  
  
  
  
   Sherri L. King
  
  
  
  
  
  ##  Prologue
  
  
  
  
  
   It had been seven days since she’d seen another living soul. Seeing the new
  faces staring at her now from out of the shadows of the church, she was almost
  afraid, even knowing that the stares belonged to humans and not zombies. But
  it couldn’t be helped—there was no way she was going back out tonight.
  
  
  
  
  
   “We don’t want you here,” said one of the women in a shaky, frightened voice.
  “This isour hiding place.”
  
  
  
  
  
   “I don’t give a rat’s ass what you want,” Anna gritted out as she squatted
  down to tighten the laces on her calf-length boots. “I’m staying here for the
  night. Suck it up and deal with it and we’ll all be happier, okay?”
  
  
  
  
  
   “How did you get in here anyway?”
  
  
  
  
  
   Anna drolly eyed the man who’d asked the question.“Through the window in the
  bathroom.”
  
  
  
  
  
   “Shit, now they’ll get in here, you stupid—”
  
  
  
  
  
   “Hey! Listen to yourself. You have to know by now that they can’t cross onto
  consecrated ground. A broken windo