The Complete Philo Vance Murder Mystery Series (Illustrated Edition‪)‬

Philo Vance is a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York dilettante and bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent he likes to use for solving some quite complicated crimes. His methods are unusual and often in contradiction to the firm police rules and official requirements, but his wit always gets him a step further. Philo Vance novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine, who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories

The Philo Vance Series

The Benson Murder Case

The Canary Murder Case

The Greene Murder Case

The Bishop Murder Case

The Scarab Murder Case

The Kennel Murder Case

The Dragon Murder Case

The Casino Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case

The Kidnap Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Winter Murder Case

S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym he created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance.