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The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor; Otto Penzler is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Cape Cod Mystery about?
The "Codfish Sherlock Holmes" solves a whodunnit in 1930s Cape CodMeet Asey Mayo, Cape Cod's answer to Sherlock Holmes. Settled down from his former life as a seafaring adventurer, Asey is a Jack-of-all-trades who uses his worldly knowledge, folksy wisdom, and plain common sense to solve the most puzzling crimes to strike the peninsula. And in this, his first case, Asey finds himself embroiled in a scandal that will push his deductive powers to their limits.A massive heatwave is scorching the Northeast, and vacationers from New York and Boston flock to Cape Cod for breezy, cool respite. Then a muckraking journalist is found murdered in the cabin he's rented for the season, and the summer holiday becomes a nightmare for the local authorities. There are abundant suspects among the out-of-towners flooding the area, but they ultimately fix their sights on beloved local businessman Bill Porter as the murderer—unless Asey Mayo can prove him...
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- Author
- Phoebe Atwood Taylor; Otto Penzler
- Publisher
- Penzler Publishers; American Mystery Classics
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781613163238
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Mystery, Fiction, Cozy Mystery
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