Sandbar Sinister

Sandbar Sinister

First edition
Author	Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Language	English
Series	Asey Mayo
Genre	Mystery, Detective novel
Publisher	W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date	1934
Publication place	USA
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	294
Preceded by	The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern (1934)
Followed by	The Tinkling Symbol (1935)

Sandbar Sinister, first published in 1934, is a detective story by Phoebe Atwood Taylor which features her series detective Asey Mayo,[1] the "Codfish Sherlock". This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.

Plot summary

The picturesque village of East Pochet in Cape Cod is not its usual self when Elizabeth Colton drives into it; the previous evening, a bootlegger dumped two hundred cases of liquor offshore, and the whole town reaped the windfall. At some point during the boozy celebrations, however, a bearded mystery writer ended up dead in the boat house at the Sandbar estate. Asey Mayo must figure out the comings and goings of a number of interested parties before he puts together the meaning of a mysterious fire in the living room and a tube of salve and solves the crime.

References

1. GoodReads website, Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery Series