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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.Tags
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Asey finds a corpse in his own home, its head apparently bashed by an iron spider (skillet); then 6 spiders go missing as well as his stalwart cousin Jennie.
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Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909-1976) was an American mystery author who wrote mystery novels under her own name, and as Freeman Dana and Alice Tilton. Her first novel, The Cape Cod Mystery, introduced the "Codfish Sherlock", Asey Mayo, who became a series character appearing in 24 novels. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Six Iron Spiders
- Original publication date
- 1942
- People/Characters
- Asey Mayo
- Important places
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
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