Cain's Jawbone
Title | Cain's Jawbone PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Powys Mathers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781460765395 |
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery? 'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it.' The Daily Telegraph 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 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. 'A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit.' Literary Review
The Torquemada Puzzle Book
Title | The Torquemada Puzzle Book PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Powys Mathers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1934 |
Genre | Puzzles |
ISBN |
The Smiler With The Knife
Title | The Smiler With The Knife PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Blake |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2012-05-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1446476812 |
Detective Nigel Strangeways, and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly beginning to adjust to a more relaxed way of life when Georgia finds a mysterious locket in their garden and unwittingly sets the couple on a collision course with a power-hungry movement aimed at overthrowing the government. It will take all of Nigel's brilliance and Georgia's bravery if they are to infiltrate the order and unmask the conspirators.
Masquerade
Title | Masquerade PDF eBook |
Author | Kit Williams |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Fantasy |
ISBN |
On his way to deliver a splendid necklace to the Sun from the Moon, Jack Hare is diverted by a series of odd characters and when he finally reaches his destination he realizes that the necklace is missing. The reader is invited to answer several riddles and solve the mystery from clues given in the text.
Alfred Hitchcock's Solve-them-yourself Mysteries
Title | Alfred Hitchcock's Solve-them-yourself Mysteries PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Hitchcock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9780370009858 |
A collection of five mystery stories, in which clues are provided for the reader to solve the mystery himself.
Cain's Jawbone
Title | Cain's Jawbone PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Powys Mathers |
Publisher | Unbound Publishing |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2021-07-08 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 1800182953 |
Over half a million copies sold 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. Dare you take it on? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.
The Cain's Jawbone Book of Crosswords
Title | The Cain's Jawbone Book of Crosswords PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Powys Mathers |
Publisher | Unbound Publishing |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2023-09-21 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 1800183275 |
“If you’re ready for an extra-hard, old-time challenge, have at it!”-- Will Shortz From the creator and publisher behind the viral sensation Cain's Jawbone: A Very Novel Mystery, is a collection of 112 difficult cryptic crossword puzzles. Before Edward Powys Mathers wrote the world's most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle, he was a cryptic crossword creator. Under his pseudonym "Torquemada", his puzzles would taunt readers for days. He created his first cryptic crossword puzzle in 1924 and went on to set them for the Saturday Westminster and the Observer for the next 15 years. His true identity was only revealed when he died in 1939. As well as earning the reputation for setting the world's toughest crosswords, Torquemada - or 'Torq' as he was often referred to - was also delightfully creative: with many puzzles written in perfectly constructed verse, or delivered as mini-narratives to their solvers. There's even a version where the clues are knock-knock jokes. For many years cryptic crosswords were simply known as puzzles in the 'Torquemada style'. This selection of Torquemada's best crosswords was originally published in 1942 and contains three short accounts of Torquemada's life and achievements, including one by his widow, R.C. Mathers as well as a foreword by the crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times, Will Shortz. The successful revival of Cain's Jawbone has inspired a new generation of puzzle solvers. Here then is the next challenge for Torquemada's fans - dare you take it on?