The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern

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Eve Prence would do anything for publicity, so not everyone believed her when she said someone was trying to kill her. But all doubt vanished when someone put a knife in her. ribs. Eve's famous Cape Cod Tavern was full of guests at the time, so Asey Mayo had plenty of suspects on hand. But this looked like a tough one indeed. There was the matter of a curious pair of antique pistols with daggers hidden between the barrels. There was an all-tooconvenient suspect at the scene with a knife in her hand. And the only witness to the murder was a blind boy.

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Eve Prence would do anything for publicity, so not everyone believed her when she said someone was trying to kill her. She has a house-full the night she's found at the bottom of the grand staircase, claiming somebody had tried to kill her. The following day, she is found with a knife in her ribs. Eve's famous Cape Cod Tavern was full of guests at the time, so Asey Mayo had plenty of suspects on hand. But this looked like a tough one indeed. There was the matter of a curious pair of antique pistols with daggers hidden between the barrels, and a pair of dirty indentations on a windowsill, There was an all too convenient suspect at the scene with a knife in her hand. And the only witness to the murder was a blind boy. Asey Mayo must work out the meaning of clues before bringing home the crime to a surprising figure.

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Other Editions

• The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern: An Asey Mayo ClassicPaperbackCountryman Press1934-01-01
• The Mystery of the Cape Cod TavernWithy Grove Press1930-01-01
• The mystery of the Cape Cod tavernW.W. Norton & Company, Inc.1934-01-01
• Mystery of the Cape Cod TavernHardcoverW.W. Norton & Company1934-06-01
• The mystery of the Cape Cod TavernNorton1961-01-01