Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909-1976) was one of the most beloved and most successful mystery authors of the 1930s and 1940s, writing under her own name and two pseudonyms, Freeman Dana and Alice Tilton. The Asey Mayo character, first introduced in The Cape Cod Mystery, went on to star in 24 novels in a series informed by the author’s generations-long family history in Cape Cod.
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909-1976) was one of the most beloved and most successful mystery authors of the 1930s and 1940s, writing under her own name and two pseudonyms, Freeman Dana and Alice Tilton. The Asey Mayo character, first introduced in The Cape Cod Mystery, went on to star in 24 novels in a series informed by the author’s generations-long family history in Cape Cod.
Books by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
The Cape Cod Mystery
Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler
E Book, 2022
The “Codfish Sherlock Holmes” solves a whodunnit in 1930s Cape CodThe Left Leg: A Leonidas Witherall Mystery
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Paperback, 1996
“Surely, under whatever pseudonym, Mrs. Taylor is the mystery equivalent of Buster Keaton.” —Dilys WinnDeath Lights a Candle
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Paperback, 1996
There's been no shortage of trouble on Cape Cod that March. A house party of men and women has been snowed inand cut off from the world outside. The host is murdered. Poisoning, the doctor says;...Going, Going, Gone
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Paperback, 1996
There's been another murder on the Cape, and the keen and salty Asey Mayo is on the trail again.The Iron Clew: A Leonidas Witherall Mystery
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Paperback, 1996
The Tinkling Symbol: An Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Paperback, 1996
A delightfully funny mystery set in New England.The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery
Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2024
Asey Mayo, the “Codfish Sherlock Holmes,” investigates the murder of a traveling performer.The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery
Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler
E Book
Asey Mayo, the “Codfish Sherlock Holmes,” investigates the murder of a traveling performer.The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern
Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler
Hardback, 2025
Asey Mayo, the Sherlock of Cape Cod, investigates the murder of a local innkeeper.The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern
Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2025
Asey Mayo, the Sherlock of Cape Cod, investigates the murder of a local innkeeper.