The Cape Cod Mystery
$22.64
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
A gripping, entertaining murder mystery that launched the career of one of America’s greatest Golden Age crime writers - the perfect beach read for the summer.
The summer holiday becomes a nightmare in this classic murder mystery, set during a heatwave.
“Phoebe Atwood Taylor can get more fun into a detective story than any writer at present producing books of this sort” - New York Times
Meet Asey Mayo, Cape Cod’s answer to Sherlock Holmes, a Jack-of-all-trades who uses…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804999462 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1804999466 |
| Author: | Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
‘Phoebe Atwood Taylor can get more fun into a detective story than any writer at present producing books of this sort.’ * New York Times *
‘Delightful, light, witty and vivacious. * Chicago Tribune *
‘Asey Mayo possesses more common sense and personal charm than any other detective in fiction.’ * Times Literary Supplement *
‘The real atmosphere of the Cape is here. * Boston Globe *
About The Author
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909-1976) was one of the most beloved and successful mystery authors of the 1930s and 1940s. She wrote under her own name and two pseudonyms, Freeman Dana and Alice Tilton. The Asey Mayo character, first introduced in The Cape Cod Mystery, went on to star in 24 novels in a series informed by the author’s generations-long family history in Cape Cod.
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler owns The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and founded the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He has written and edited several books, including the Edgar Award-winning Encyclopaedia of Mystery and Detection, and is the series editor of the annual Best American Mystery Stories of the Year.
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