Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic who-dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans and newcomer mystery buffs alike. First, a best-selling author turns up dead. Then Asey's best friend becomes the chief suspect and Asey knows he has to do something. There's only one clue: a sardine can. And only one weekend to clear it all up.

There's been another murder on the Cape, and the keen and salty Asey Mayo is on the trail again.

Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic who-dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans and newcomer mystery buffs alike. "Asey, what is an annulet?" This innocent query would soon lead to some not-so-innocent questions. And who could predict that before this was over, Asey would be tricked several times over, decoyed, robbed, and baffled by an elephant?

Something must have scared the wits out of Jane Lennox to make her run right in front of Asey Mayo in his brand new Porter Sixteen. Could that something have been the sight of a corpse? And could it have been the body of politically ambitious Henry Slocum? The answer would have to wait, for the corpse in the old salt loft had vanished from sight. This one would prove to be a real challenge for the Codfish Sherlock as further sinister and hilarious developments upset the normally tranquil Quashnet Township.

Asey Mayo investigates a poisoning among a group of snowed-in house party guests.

Back by popular demand for the first time in years, The Countryman Press is pleased to reissue four Cape Cod mysteries featuring the witty and salty Asey Mayo, A local handyman who knows something about police work and everything about everybody's business (Marilyn Stasio, Mystery Alley).

An auction that begins as a treasure hunt ends in murder, and an incredible discovery sends our unlikely detective off an a hunt for a killer. Were there secrets between rival art dealers, Miss Pitkin and Mr. Harmsworth? And where does Quin Sharp, the auctioneer, fit in? Here's Asey Mayo in a classic who-dunnit--as mysterious and amusing as his fans have a come to expect.

Fans of Asey Mayo will welcome another of his classic Cape Cod adventures. In Punch with Care, Asey suspects the Douglasses of foul play when the corpse of their house guest turns up in an antique railroad car, punched ticket in her hand. When this singular cadaver abruptly vanishes, things really begin to get complicated--and threatening.

While on leave from the Porter factory, Asey Mayo discovers a murder in the buttery of his Cape Cod home. Mayo's investigation amid the deprivations of the war years rationing, suspicion, preparedness is an entertaining encounter with history."

The residents of West Weesit had good reason to start calling Crooked Cliff "Suicide Cliff." Four women's bodies had been found at its foot, Kay Truman's only last month. Her father, Dave Truman, had already been depressed after his wife left him and his business failed. So when the folks at the tea party across the bay saw him come out of his home with a gun and point it at himself, they naturally assumed the gunshot did him in. When it appeared that someone had actually stabbed him in the back with terrific force, however, it seemed time to send for Asey Mayo who quickly became a ready...