The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern
 First edition | |
| Author | Phoebe Atwood Taylor |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Asey Mayo |
| Genre | Mystery, Detective novel |
| Publisher | W.W. Norton & Co |
Publication date | 1934 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 283 pp |
| OCLC | 12655032 |
| Preceded by | The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (1933) |
| Followed by | Sandbar Sinister (1934) |
The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern, first published in 1934, is a detective story by Phoebe Atwood Taylor which features her series detective Asey Mayo, the "Codfish Sherlock". This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
Plot summary
Eve Prence is the glamorous and publicity-seeking owner of the famous Cape Cod Tavern, and uses her publicity to keep the Tavern filled with famous and/or wealthy guests. 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. Asey Mayo must work out the meaning of clues like a pair of antique pistols that contain a pair of antique daggers, and what exactly the blind boy on the scene of the crime heard, and a pair of dirty indentations on a windowsill before bringing home the crime to a surprising figure.