6/21/2023 0 Comments Cain's Jawbone by E. Powys Mathers![]() ![]() Torquemada of The Observer read everything that was being written … and was already familiar with everything that had been written. He believed that ‘ there has never lived a man with such a wide knowledge of sensational fiction. John Dickson Carr (US author of The Hollow Man, voted the finest ‘locked-room’ murder mystery of all time) was a friend. The British love a puzzle and grow very attached to crossword compilers, always looking forward to next week’s puzzle, and Torquemada had many loyal supporters. ![]() He introduced the cryptic crossword to this country in 1924 through the pages of The Observer newspaper. Edward Powys Mathers (1892-1939) - known to his friends as Bill - believed that puzzles should be mind-bendingly difficult but equally rewarding when the solution was found. ![]()
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