 First edition | |
| Author | Phoebe Atwood Taylor |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Asey Mayo |
| Genre | Mystery, Detective novel |
| Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill |
Publication date | 1931 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 189 pp (Pyramid paperback edition, 1985) |
| Followed by | Death Lights a Candle (1932) |
The Cape Cod Mystery, first published in 1931, is a detective story by Phoebe Atwood Taylor, the first to feature her series detective Asey Mayo, the "Codfish Sherlock". This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
According to The New York Times, "Phoebe Atwood Taylor can get more fun into a detective story than any writer at present producing, and with all the fun there is a mystery that is baffling for its own sake."[1]