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Publish Date - 4/21/26 paperback

Cain's Jawbone: A Novel Problem

Cain's Jawbone: A Novel Problem

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The half-million-copy bestselling literary puzzle--the most difficult-to-solve ever written--now for a whole new generation of puzzle enthusiasts.

 

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.

 

Only four 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.

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