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The Cape Cod Mystery (Paperback)
Phoebe Atwood Taylor; Introduction by Otto Penzler
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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A classic Phoebe Atwood Taylor mystery.
Something must have scared the wits out of Jane Lennox to make her
run right in front of Asey Mayo in his brand new Porter Sixteen.
Could that something have been the sight of a corpse? And could it
have been the body of politically ambitious Henry Slocum? The
answer would have to wait, for the corpse in the old salt loft had
vanished from sight.
This one would prove to be a real challenge for the Codfish
Sherlock as further sinister and hilarious developments upset the
normally tranquil Quashnet Township.
The residents of West Weesit had good reason to start calling
Crooked Cliff "Suicide Cliff." Four women's bodies had been found
at its foot, Kay Truman's only last month. Her father, Dave Truman,
had already been depressed after his wife left him and his business
failed. So when the folks at the tea party across the bay saw him
come out of his home with a gun and point it at himself, they
naturally assumed the gunshot did him in. When it appeared that
someone had actually stabbed him in the back with terrific force,
however, it seemed time to send for Asey Mayo--who quickly became a
ready target himself for a practiced and determined shooter
This time the mysterious arrival and subsequent disappearance of a
brown paper package sets Witherall off on a furious chase around
Dalton and environs, only briefly interrupted by the discovery of
the corpse of banker Fenwick Balderston, bashed in the head by a
small bust of Shakespeare a treasured gift from Leonidas himself.
The reluctant sleuth suddenly becomes primary murder suspect as
well, and a fascinating assortment of rescuers lines up to spirit
Witherall from one precarious situation to another on the way
toward a frenetic and quite surprising solution.
Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic
who-dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans
and newcomer mystery buffs alike. First, a best-selling author
turns up dead. Then Asey's best friend becomes the chief suspect
and Asey knows he has to do something. There's only one clue: a
sardine can. And only one weekend to clear it all up.
The spirit of Asey Mayo's homecoming is quickly dampened by the
discovery of a body in the buttery. One fact is clear: Someone
murdered Philemon Mundy with a blunt instrument. The sudden
disappearance of the corpse is only the first of many baffling
developments. And there is no guarantee that the killer won't
strike again.
It has been a hard day for Leonidas Witherall. Someone had set him
up to be mistaken for a burglar, and the police are now hot on his
heels. Hoping for help from his former employer, Marcus Meredith,
he arrives to find Marcus' body on the floor, his head bashed in by
a loving cup. What is odd is that the corpse's left leg is missing.
What is odder is that Leonidas' own rubbers are beside the victim.
How he gets out of this jam is a tale that is both hilarious and
hair-raising-never predictable for a second. Just as any Witherall
fan might expect.
Back by popular demand for the first time in years, The Countryman
Press is pleased to reissue four Cape Cod mysteries featuring the
witty and salty Asey Mayo, "a local handyman who knows something
about police work and everything about everybody's business"
(Marilyn Stasio, "Mystery Alley. Set within the broding landscape
of Cape Cod, these classic who-dunnits are sure to please dedicated
Pheobe Atwood Taylor fans and newcomer mystery buffs alike. "Asey,
what is an annulet?" This innocent query would soon lead to some
not-so-innocent questions. And who could predict that before this
was over, Asey would be tricked several times over, decoyed,
robbed, and baffled by an elephant?
Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic
who-dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans
and newcomer mystery buffs alike. Asey Mayo fans will be delighted
to find the codfish Sherlock not once, but thrice perplexed in
these incomparable novellas: Murder Rides the Gale, The Stars Spell
Death, and The Third Murderer.
Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic
who-dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans
and newcomer mystery buffs alike. When Asey Mayo happens upon the
body of writer Carolyn Barton Boone in an antique railroad car, a
punched ticket in her hand, things get interesting. But then the
corpse disappears!
An auction that begins as a treasure hunt ends in murder, and an
incredible discovery sends our unlikely detective off an a hunt for
a killer. Were there secrets between rival art dealers, Miss Pitkin
and Mr. Harmsworth? And where does Quin Sharp, the auctioneer, fit
in? Here's Asey Mayo in a classic who-dunnit--as mysterious and
amusing as his fans have a come to expect.
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