Mystery of the Cape Cod Players cover

Mystery of the Cape Cod Players

by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

John "Red" Gilpin, the magician, was good at pulling rabbits out of hats, but he may have had a few other tricks up his sleeve, too. For when he met up with other traveling players on the Cape, someone promptly put a bullet in his head. What was the end for Red was only the beginning for Asey Mayo, here confronted with possibly the oddest array of clues and suspects of his long career.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?