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Cain's Jawbone

Cain's Jawbone - Paperback

by Edward Powys Mathers
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edward Powys MathersPublish date:4/21/2026Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury PublishingISBN-13:9798260200506UPC:9798260200506Book Category:Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:PuzzlesSize:6.90 x 4.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC8TZSMQHY

The half-million-copy bestselling literary puzzle--the most difficult-to-solve ever written--now for a whole new generation of puzzle enthusiasts.

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 four 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury PublishingISBN-13:9798260200506UPC:9798260200506Book Category:Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:PuzzlesSize:6.90 x 4.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC8TZSMQHY
Mathers, Edward Powys: - 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 specializing in crime fiction. In 1934 he published a selection of his puzzles under the title The Torquemada Puzzle Book--the final 100 pages of which contained the novel-cum-puzzle Cain's Jawbone. The book is being re-issued with the assistance of The Laurence Sterne Trust.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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