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Phoebe Atwood Taylor

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Bio

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 Books

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

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The Cape Cod Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Cape Cod Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

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Punch with Care book cover

Punch with Care

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The Cape Cod Mystery: An Asey Mayo Mystery book cover

The Cape Cod Mystery: An Asey Mayo Mystery

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Beginning with a Bash book cover

Beginning with a Bash

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Diplomatic Corpse book cover

Diplomatic Corpse

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