Cain's Jawbone
Front cover of Unbound edition | |
| Author | Edward Powys Mathers as "Torquemada" |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Puzzle book |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd (1934 edition) Unbound (2019 edition) |
Publication date | 1934 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 100 |
| ISBN | 978-1783527410 |
Cain's Jawbone is a murder mystery puzzle written by Edward Powys Mathers under the pseudonym "Torquemada". The puzzle was first published in 1934 as part of The Torquemada Puzzle Book. In 2019, crowdfunding publisher Unbound published a new stand-alone edition of the puzzle in collaboration with the charity The Laurence Sterne Trust.
Both editions, when published, were accompanied by a competition which offered a cash prize to the first reader to solve the puzzle. Cain's Jawbone has been described as "one of the hardest and most beguiling word puzzles ever published."