The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern

1934 novel by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

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The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern
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Author	Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Language	English
Series	Asey Mayo
Genre	Mystery, Detective novel
Publisher	W.W. Norton & Co
Publication date	1934
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	283 pp
OCLC	12655032
Preceded by	The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (1933)
Followed by	Sandbar Sinister (1934)

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern, first published in 1934 by W. W. Norton & Co., is a detective story by Phoebe Atwood Taylor which features her series detective Asey Mayo, the "Codfish Sherlock". This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.

Plot summary

Eve Prence is the glamorous and publicity-seeking owner of the famous Cape Cod Tavern, and uses her publicity to keep the Tavern filled with famous and/or wealthy guests. She has a house-full the night she's found at the bottom of the grand staircase, claiming somebody had tried to kill her. The following day, she is found with a knife in her ribs. Asey Mayo must work out the meaning of clues like a pair of antique pistols that contain a pair of antique daggers, and what exactly the blind boy on the scene of the crime heard, and a pair of dirty indentations on a windowsill before bringing home the crime to a surprising figure.

References

Hubin, Allen J. (26 May 1968). "Criminals at Large". The New York Times. pp. BR51. ProQuest 118308782. Retrieved 23 July 2024 – via ProQuest.
Anderson, Issac (4 March 1934). "New Mystery Stories". The New York Times. pp. BR11. ProQuest 100933120. Retrieved 23 July 2024 – via ProQuest.

v t e Mystery novels by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Asey Mayo volumes	The Cape Cod Mystery (1931) Death Lights a Candle (1932) The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (1933) The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern (1934) Sandbar Sinister (1934) The Tinkling Symbol (1935) Deathblow Hill (1935) The Crimson Patch (1936) Out of Order (1936) Figure Away (1937) Octagon House (1937) The Annulet of Gilt (1938) Banbury Bog (1938) Spring Harrowing (1939) The Criminal C.O.D. (1940) The Deadly Sunshade (1940) The Perennial Boarder (1941) The Six Iron Spiders (1942) Three Plots for Asey Mayo (1942) Going, Going, Gone (1943) Proof of the Pudding (1943) The Asey Mayo Trio (1946) Punch With Care (1946) Diplomatic Corpse (1951)
Leonidas Witherall novels as "Alice Tilton"	Beginning with a Bash (1937) The Cut Direct (1938) Cold Steal (1939) The Left Leg (1940) The Hollow Chest (1941) File For Record (1943) Dead Ernest (1944) The Iron Clew (1947)
As Freeman Dana	Murder at the New York World's Fair (1938)

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