Cain's Jawbone: A Novel Problem

by Ernest Powys Mathers

Paperback, 2019

Status

Available

Call number

793.73

Publication

Unbound (2019)

Description

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 them 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?

User reviews

LibraryThing member EricaObey
I wish I could say I was any closer to solving this thing than I was at the beginning of the pandemic when I bought it.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

100 p.; 7.5 inches

ISBN

1783527412 / 9781783527410
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