Phoebe Atwood Taylor Books In Order

Asey Mayo Mystery Books In Order

  1. The Cape Cod Mystery (1931)
  2. Death Lights a Candle (1932)
  3. The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (1933)
  4. The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern (1934)
  5. Sandbar Sinister (1934)
  6. Deathblow Hill (1935)
  7. The Tinkling Symbol (1935)
  8. The Crimson Patch (1936)
  9. Out of Order (1936)
  10. Figure Away (1937)
  11. Octagon House (1937)
  12. The Annulet of Gilt (1938)
  13. Banbury Bog (1938)
  14. Spring Harrowing (1939)
  15. The Criminal C. O. D (1940)
  16. The Deadly Sunshade (1940)
  17. The Perennial Boarder (1941)
  18. The Six Iron Spiders (1942)
  19. Going, Going, Gone (1943)
  20. Proof of the Pudding (1945)
  21. Punch with Care (1946)
  22. Diplomatic Corpse (1951)

Leonidas Witherall mystery Books In Order

  1. Beginning with a Bash (1937)
  2. The Cut Direct (1938)
  3. Cold Steal (1939)
  4. The Left Leg (1940)
  5. The Hollow Chest (1941)
  6. File for Record (1943)
  7. Dead Ernest (1944)
  8. The Iron Clew (1947)

Novels

  1. Murder At the New York World’s Fair (1938)

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Phoebe Atwood Taylor Books Overview

The Cape Cod Mystery

Back by popular demand for the first time in years, The Countryman Press is pleased to reissue four Cape Cod mysteries featuring the witty and salty Asey Mayo, ‘A local handyman who knows something about police work and everything about everybody’s business’ Marilyn Stasio, Mystery Alley. Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic who dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans and newcomer mystery buffs alike. First, a best selling author turns up dead. Then Asey’s best friend becomes the chief suspect and Asey knows he has to do something. There’s only one clue: a sardine can. And only one weekend to clear it all up.

Death Lights a Candle

There’s been no shortage of trouble on Cape Cod that March. A house party of men and women has been snowed in and cut off from the world outside. The host is murdered. Poisoning, the doctor says; probably arsenic. But almost everyone is found to have arsenic among his or her possessions. Asey Mayo fans, and newcomers, will have much to discover in Death Lights a Candle, with its special New England flavor and Cape Cod characters. As Marilyn Stasio, columnist for the New York Times writes, ‘Taylor’s droll period whodunits are a special treat, thanks to the Codfish Sherlock, Asey Mayo, a salty Cape codger who entertains summer visitors by solving picturesque crimes.’

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern

There’s been another murder on the Cape, and the keen and salty Asey Mayo is on the trail again. For all its ingenious plot, The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern is more than a mystery; it is a genuine New England novel, full of Yankee horse sense, Cape Cod culture, and solid characters. This classic is an apt accomplice for an evening’s excursion into the world of crime for Asey Mayo fans and initiate mystery lovers alike.

The Tinkling Symbol

a delightfully funny mystery set in New England

The Crimson Patch

Ominous things are taking place in the town of Skaket. A young couple is confronted with the threat of violence by the locals. A nationally wanted kills may be loose on the Cape. America’s favorite radio personality, Rosalie Ray, is found dead in her bed, done in with a whale lance. And this is only the beginning of what may be Asey Mayo’s wildest adventure.

The Annulet of Gilt

Back by popular demand for the first time in years, The Countryman Press is pleased to reissue four Cape Cod mysteries featuring the witty and salty Asey Mayo, ‘A local handyman who knows something about police work and everything about everybody’s business’ Marilyn Stasio, Mystery Alley. Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic who dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans and newcomer mystery buffs alike. ‘Asey, what is an annulet?’ This innocent query would soon lead to some not so innocent questions. And who could predict that before this was over, Asey would be tricked several times over, decoyed, robbed, and baffled by an elephant?

The Criminal C. O. D

A classic Phoebe Atwood Taylor mystery. Something must have scared the wits out of Jane Lennox to make her run right in front of Asey Mayo in his brand new Porter Sixteen. Could that something have been the sight of a corpse? And could it have been the body of politically ambitious Henry Slocum? The answer would have to wait, for the corpse in the old salt loft had vanished from sight. This one would prove to be a real challenge for the Codfish Sherlock as further sinister and hilarious developments upset the normally tranquil Quashnet Township.

The Perennial Boarder

The familiar Cape Cod setting works its spell, and the cranky, colorful New England characters work their way through a deftly amusing and baffling story of plot and counterplot. She had come every summer for twenty nine years to stay at what used to be Mrs. Mercer’s boarding house but was now Ye Olde Whale Inn. She knew all about Quisset, and Quisset thought it knew all about her. So when Miss Olive Beadle arrived for her thirtieth season, there was nothing to hint at disaster. The murder at Ye Olde Whale Inn hung on a curious series of chance events: if Ann Joyce and Mrs. Hingham hadn’t both been stage struck; if departing ministers hadn’t passed out group photos to the congregation; if Cousin Jenny hadn’t found the stuffed tomato and if a sprained ankle and a load of overdue clams hadn’t put Asey Mayo on the scene, matters would have been very different.

The Six Iron Spiders

A classic Phoebe Atwood Taylor mystery. The spirit of Asey Mayo’s homecoming was quickly dampened by the discovery of the body in the buttery. One fact was simple: someone had murdered Philemon Mundy with a blunt instrument. But the sudden disappearance of the corpse was only the first of many baffling developments. And there was no guarantee that the killer couldn’t strike again.

Going, Going, Gone

There’s been another murder on the Cape, and the keen and salty Asey Mayo is on the trail again. An auction that begins as a treasure hunt ends in murder, and an incredible discovery sends our unlikely detective off on a hunt for a killer. Were there secrets between rival art dealers, Miss Pitkin and Mr. Harmsworth? And where does Quin Sharp, the auctioneer, fit in? Here’s Asey Mayo in a classic who dunnit as mysterious and amusing as his fans have a come to expect.

Punch with Care

Back by popular demand for the first time in years, The Countryman Press is pleased to reissue four Cape Cod mysteries featuring the witty and salty Asey Mayo, ‘A local handyman who knows something about police work and everything about everybody’s business’ Marilyn Stasio, Mystery Alley. Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic who dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans and newcomer mystery buffs alike. When Asey Mayo happens upon the body of writer Carolyn Barton Boone in an antique railroad car, a punched ticket in her hand, things get interesting. But then the corpse disappears!

Dead Ernest

One of its more colorful residents, Leonidas Witherall inhabits the fictional Boston suburb of Dalton and is the proprietor of a prestigious boys’ school. Leonidas’ bewilderment at the unsolicited delivery of a freezer turns to shock when he discover a body inside: Meredith Academy’s ultra dapper French instructor Ernest Finger, a.k.a. lounge lizard Carlos Santos.

The Iron Clew

The mysterious arrival and subsequent disappearance of a package sets Leonidas off on a furious chase around Dalton, where he is only briefly interrupted by the discovery of the corpse of banker Fenwick Balderston, who has been bashed over the head with a small bust of William Shakespeare.

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