Phoebe Atwood Taylor: The Crimson Patch (1986)

From the Publisher:
"...Phoebe Atwood Taylor's delightful Asey Mayo mysteries illustrate the American variety of the well-plotted puzzle mystery... Besides their sturdy plots, these mysteries are rich in local color and full of native wit. Yup." Marilyn Stasio, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ominous things are taking place in the town of Skaket. A young couple is confronted with the threat of violence by the locals. A nationally wanted killer may be loose on the Cape. America's favorite radio personality, Rosalie Ray, is found dead in her bed, done in with a whale lance. And this is only the beginning of what may be Asey Mayo's wildest adventure yet.

PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR (1909-1976) lived most of her life in Boston and Cape Cod. In addition to the Asey Mayo series, she wrote a number of Leonidas Witherall mysteries as Alice Tilton, and Murder at the New York World's Fair as Freeman Dana.

Phoebe Atwood Taylor: The Crimson Patch. An Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery. Countryman Press / Foul Play Press, ISBN: 088150064X (January, 1986), 240 p., $5.95.