Cain's Jawbone

Cain's Jawbone

by Edward Powys Mathers
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Publication Date: 01/11/2023

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Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery?


'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it.' The Daily Telegraph


In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.


The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.


Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks?


Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.


'A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit.' Literary Review

ISBN:
9781460717226
9781460717226
Category:
Puzzles & quizzes
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-11-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Edward Powys Mathers

Edward Powys Mathers (1892 - 1939) introduced the cryptic crossword to Britain in 1924 through the pages of the Observer. Known as Torquemada, he was acknowledged as a brilliant translator and a critic specialising in crime fiction. In 1934 he published a selection of his puzzles under the title The Torquemada Puzzle Book - the final hundred pages of which contained the novel-cum-puzzle Cain's Jawbone.

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