In his lifetime, Asey Mayo solved more than twenty-five baffling cases of murder on the Cape. This was the very first of them. Taylor's murder yarn is set in the Taylor family's ancestral home of Cape Cod, in this "case" the tightly knit and isolated community of Wellfleet.

Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic who-dunits are sure to please dedicated Phoebe Atwood Taylor fans and newcomer mystery buffs alike. First, a best-selling author turns up dead. Then Asey's best friend becomes the chief suspect and Asey knows he has to do something. There's only one clue: a sardine can. And only one weekend to clear it all up.