The Greene Murder Case - (Philo Vance) by S S Van Dine (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The sleuth we love to loathe is back! Philo Vance--the snootiest snob in Jazz Age NYC--investigates murders in the wealthy Greene family, who are dropping like flies!

Members of the Greene family keep dying, while the pool of possible perpetrators keeps shrinking...although the servants, each one weirder than the next, remain in the pink of health). Vance--the independently wealthy, staggeringly brilliant, not remotely modest (and did we mention handsome?) amateur sleuth--uses his detective skills to unravel the murders, though sadly not before most of the Greene family has been bumped off.

First published in 1928, Greene topped the year's bestseller lists and was made into not one, not two, but an astonishing three films, the first starring William Powell, and the second somebody named Grant Richards. The third, a made-for-TV movie, came out just sixteen years ago...in the Czech Republic. That's our Philo, the Sleuth the World Loves to Hate.

Review Quotes

"Van Dine is almost without peer in the field of detective stories....Readers who have not previously gone in for this delightful type of fiction will probably become addicts after reading The Greene Murder Case" --Chattanooga News

"The Greene Murder Case guarantees thrills" --Minneapolis Journal

"A corking good detective story that should not be missed...[Philo Vance] solves the most engaging mysteries in a brilliant and thrilling manner" --Detroit Free Press

"A more ingenious series of murders would be difficult to imagine, and the steps by which Philo Vance solves the mystery are equally ingenious" --New York Times

"As baffling and cleverly conceived a plot as has graced a detective story in many a year....If you like detective stories, don't miss The Greene Murder Case" --Palm Beach Post