CAINS JAWBONE : A NOVEL PROBLEM

Over half a million copies sold If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it Daily Telegraph A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit Literary Review 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.