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Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Born

in Boston, The United States

May 18, 1909

Died

January 09, 1976

Website

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Taylor is an American mystery author. She is best known for her Asey Mayo series, based in Cape Cod. She additionally wrote and published under the pen names Alice Tilton and Freeman Dana.

Phoebe Atwood Taylor, born in 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, was the first member of her family to have been born off Cape Cod in more than 300 years. Upon graduating from Manhattan's Barnard College, she moved to Weston, Massachusetts, to pen her first work, The Cape Cod Mystery (1931), which was published when she was 22. The book was written while Taylor was caring for her invalid aunt, Alice Tilton (the source of one of her two publishing pseudonyms, the other being Freeman Dana). Taylor was one of the first mystery writers to give a regional and rural ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 3,206 ratings · 473 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cape Cod Mystery (Asey Mayo, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 718 ratings — published 1931 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #3) 3.73 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1933 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Lights a Candle (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1932 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #4) 3.46 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1934 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Punch with Care (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #23) 4.07 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1946 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Octagon House (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #11) 3.87 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1937 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diplomatic Corpse (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #24) 3.99 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1951 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Six Iron Spiders (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #18) 3.88 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1942 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going, Going, Gone (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #20) 3.73 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1943 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banbury Bog (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #13) 3.78 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1938 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery (24 books)
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