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Cain's Jawbone

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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.

Editions (5)

ISBN9798260200506
PublisherBloomsbury USA
Publication Date04/21/26
Pages208

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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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