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The Cape Cod Mystery

byPhoebe Atwood Taylor, Amy Finegan (Read by), Otto Penzler (Introducer)

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The summer holiday becomes a nightmare in this classic murder mystery, set during a heatwave.

Meet Asey Mayo, Cape Cod’s answer to Sherlock Holmes, a Jack-of-all-trades who uses his worldly knowledge to solve the most puzzling crimes to strike the peninsula.

A massive heatwave is scorching the coast. A journalist is found murdered in the cabin he’s rented for the season, and the summer holiday becomes a nightmare for the local police. They believe that beloved local businessman Bill Porter is the murderer – it’s up to Asey Mayo to prove him innocent and find the true killer.

'Phoebe Atwood Taylor can get more fun into a detective story than any writer at present producing books of this sort' – New York Times

© Phoebe Atwood Taylor 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

'Phoebe Atwood Taylor can get more fun into a detective story than any writer at present producing books of this sort.'

New York Times

About Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909-1976) was one of the most beloved and most successful mystery authors of the 1930s and 1940s, writing under her own name and two pseudonyms, Freeman Dana and Alice Tilton. The Asey Mayo character, first introduced in The Cape Cod Mystery, went on to star in 24 novels in a series informed by the author’s generations-long family history in Cape Cod.
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  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529996630
  • Length: 469 minutes
  • Price: £14.00
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