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Cain's Jawbone

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About the book

Six murders. One hundred pages. All in one box.
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.
Presented here as cards for you to shuffle and - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Inside the box you will find each page of the original book printed as 100 individual cards, ready for you to rearrange and solve.

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.

Editions (5)

ISBN9781037210471
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing plc
Publication Date09/24/26

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  • michaels_bookshelf
    michaels_bookshelf

    32 Followers

    4.0

    Read the book and still trying to solve the biggest mystery in the crime-novel-history Brilliant references to classic literature and a really tough nut to crack! But it is marvelously written and FUN! The spoonerisms are really hard, when English isn’t your mother tongue (Google is your friend!)

    Mar 9, 2023

  • betweenmylines
    betweenmylines

    10 Followers

    Kann ich nicht bewerten da ich die Story noch nicht in die richtige Reihenfolge gebracht habe

    Feb 11, 2023

  • 5.0

    This is hurting my brain. I love it!

    Mar 6, 2023

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