Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (eBook)

An Asey Mayo Mystery

Phoebe Atwood Taylor (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
288 Seiten
Penzler Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-61316-494-5 (ISBN)

Infos

When the Cape Cod Players roll into towns along the lower Cape, the locals expect a great show, replete with games, magic, and merriment. Of course, they usually have an audience, too. When Boston widow Victoria Ballard, visiting the Cape to recover from a near-fatal bout with pneumonia, comes upon the troupe near her rural convalescent home, she ascertains that someone has played a nasty trick on the players, sending them to a remote destination in the wild backcountry in search of a paying gig. Sympathetic to the plight of the ragtag group, Vic invites them to stay the night with her, but when day breaks to find the lead magician with a bullet in his head, she realizes the cruel trick that brought the travelers to her home may have been part of a deadly plot-and that she may have been an unwitting participant. Enter Asey Mayo, Cape Cod s answer to Sherlock Holmes. Armed only with folksy wisdom, Cape Cod dictums, and plenty of common sense, the jack-of-all-trades is quick to tackle the puzzling case of the murdered performer. But in order to solve the case, he ll have to confront a curious assortment of clues and suspects odder than any he s encountered in his long career. An amusing and atmospheric mystery set in early 1930s Cape Cod a region still struggling to reemerge from the Great Depression and at the same time carefully guarding itself against the burgeoning tourism industry The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players is a delightful Golden Age whodunnit that glimmers with period detail. Anyone interested in classics of the era, or in Cape Cod history in general, will find plenty to enjoy herein.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.4.2024
• Reihe/Serie: An American Mystery Classic
• Einführung: Otto Penzler
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: Actors • asey mayo • Beach • beach read • Boston • Brewster • cabin • Cape Cod • codfish sherlock • Cottage • Fishing • getaway • Historical • House • Lighthouse • magician • New England • ocean • Sea • Summer • Theater • traveling players • vacation • Wasp • Waves
• ISBN-10: 1-61316-494-7 / 1613164947
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61316-494-5 / 9781613164945