Cain's Jawbone

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Edward Powys Mathers (18921939) introduced the cryptic crossword to Britain in 1924 through the pages of the Observer. Known as Torquemada, he was acknowledged as a brilliant translator and a critic specializing in crime fiction. In 1934 he published a selection of his puzzles under the title *The Torquemada Puzzle Book--*the final 100 pages of which contained the novel-cum-puzzle Cain's Jawbone. The book is being re-issued with the assistance of The Laurence Sterne Trust.

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With a new foreword from Murdle author G. T. Karber
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Six 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.

Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks?

Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.