Murder at the New York World's Fair (1938) by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (Writing as "Freeman Dana")

Phoebe Atwood Taylor was an American mystery writer and creator of Asey Mayo, the Codfish Sherlock, who appeared in over twenty mysteries rich in New England atmosphere, authentic Cape Code characters and screwball-y comedy – kin to Craig Rice's boozy mystery farces. Taylor also penned eight novels featuring Leonidas Witherall under the name "Alice Tilton" and a special, once somewhat rare, standalone mystery as by "Freeman Dana."Murder at the New York World's Fair (1938) was commissioned and written under supervision of Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House, who picked Taylor to represent 60,000, of a 10,000,000, words time capsule buried to commemorate the 1939 New York World's Fair. So, yes, the book fittingly takes place in the future or, as it's known at the New York World's Fair, the World of Tomorrow. It was republished in 2012 as an ebook by the short lived St. Swithin Press and a paperback reprint appeared in 2024 from Chosho Publishing. Why not finally take a crack to see…