The Benson Murder Case: 1 (Philo Vance) - Softcover

Van Dine, S S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1631941682 ISBN 13: 9781631941689

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2018

Synopsis

New York in the 1920s is the world's most glamorous city, gleaming skyscrapers reaching for the heavens, and the hot notes of the jazz bands rising even higher. Drinking it like the finest French champagne is Philo Vance, an expert in art with the deepest pockets, the brainiest brains, and the most gloriously ludicrous pretentions in the history of crime fiction. When a scheming young stockbroker is murdered - in a delicious locked-room scenario based on a real case of the day - Vance steps in to solve the puzzle not merely because he is bored and seeking new entertainment, but because honor compels him to point out the myriad ways in which the police are getting it wrong. The cops of course are profoundly grateful, like all members of the lower orders when their mistakes are pointed out. Peter Wimsey would be appalled, but the reader will be delighted. Philo Vance (here in his first outing) is the sleuth you love to hate.

About this title

About the Author:

S.S. Van Dine, pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright, (1888-1939) was an American critic, editor, and author of a series of best-selling detective novels featuring the brilliant but arrogant sleuth Philo Vance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1631941682
• ISBN 13: 9781631941689
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275