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Cain's Jawbone

Cain's Jawbone

by Edward Powys Mathers
Paperback
Publication Date: 04/05/2021

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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?

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.

ISBN:
9781800180796
9781800180796
Category:
Puzzles & quizzes
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
04-05-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Unbound
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
224
Dimensions (mm):
177x109x18mm
Weight:
0.2kg
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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