Cain's Jawbone
Six murders, jumbled pages, one solution. Can you unravel the mystery?
In 1934, a cryptic crossword creator challenges you with a twisted murder mystery. Six victims, scattered pages, and countless combinations await. Only three have ever solved it. Will you be next?
OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLDSix 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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 100
- Audience
- Adult
Book details
- Published
- May 4, 2021
- First published
- January 1, 1934
- Publisher
- Unbound
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
- ISBN
- 9781800180796
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