Name: Cain's Jawbone | Edward Powys Mathers
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Cain's Jawbone - Deluxe Box Set | Edward Powys Mathers

Over half a million copies soldSix 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.

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Cain's Jawbone | Edward Powys Mathers

Over half a million copies soldSix 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.

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The Cain's Jawbone Book of Crosswords | Edward Powys Mathers

Before Edward Powys Mathers wrote Cain's Jabwone, the world's most difficult literary puzzle, he was a cryptic crossword creator. Published under his pseudonym 'Torquemada', his puzzles would taunt readers for days. He created his first cryptic crossword puzzle in 1924 and went on to set them for the Saturday Westminster and the Observer for the next 15 years. His true identity was only revealed when he died in 1939.As well as earning the reputation for setting the world's toughest crosswords, Torquemada - or 'Torq' as he was often referred to - was also delightfully creative: with many puzzles written in perfectly constructed verse or delivered as mini-narratives to their solvers. This selection of Torquemada's best crosswords was originally published in 1942 and this edition contains tributes to his life and achievements, including one by his widow, R.C. Mathers.The successful revival of Cain's Jawbone has inspired a new generation of puzzle solvers. Here is the next challenge for To…

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My First ABC | Edward Underwood

A beautiful, large-format gift board book with BIG flaps to lift and words to learn on every page.All toddlers and preschoolers will adore learning their letters as they search for objects, animals and people behind the shaped flaps, name what they can see and begin to learn the letter names and sounds of the alphabet.With a vibrant, sophisticated and distinctive design and beautiful illustrations from stationery and homeware designer Edward Underwood, this gift title is the perfect first words book for little ones.A brilliant tool for building vocabulary, exploring letters and sounds, stimulating speech and securing the foundations of reading, this delightful book is really just full of flaps and FUN!

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Anna O | Matthew Blake

ANNA O - THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME'Certain to be one of the year's best thrillers' LEE CHILD'Reads like a dream but unsettles like a nightmare' A J FINN________________________________________________*The instant global phenomenon**Publishing in over 30 territories**The thriller that will wake up the nation*________________________________________________ANNA O HASN'T OPENED HER EYES FOR FOUR YEARSNot since the night she was found in a deep sleep by the bodies of her best friends, suspected of a chilling double murder.For Doctor Benedict Prince, a forensic psychologist on London's Harley Street, waking Anna O could be career-defining. As an expert in sleep, he knows all about the darkest chambers of the mind; the secrets that lie buried in the subconscious.As he begins Anna O's treatment - studying his patient's dreams, combing her memories, visiting the site where the horrors played out - he pulls on the thread of a much deeper, darker mystery.Awakening Anna O isn't the end of the …

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