The Casino Murder Case

by S. S. Van Dine

Overview

The “tremendous popularity” (New York Times) of the Philo Vance series stems in part from author S.S. Van Dine's preference for ripping his plots from the headlines of the day. By the early ‘30s, when Casino came around, those headlines included creepy chemical discoveries and scandalous doings at secret Manhattan gambling dens, where rich folks knocked back cocktails and snickered at both the Depression and the Volsted Act. Philo, of course, is no stranger to cocktails or snickering and knows more about chemistry than the management at Dow—just the man to turn to when the owners of one such den are poisoned. As deliciously, irritatingly erudite as ever, Philo is in his element here, solving what one reviewer called an “uncommonly subtle” crime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631942112
Publisher:	Felony & Mayhem Press
Publication date:	11/12/2020
Series:	Philo Vance Series , #8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
Sales rank:	462,380
File size:	558 KB

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.
S. S. Van Dine (1888–1939) was the pseudonym for writer Willard Huntington Wright. He was an American art critic, editor, and author of bestselling detective novels featuring the brilliant but arrogant sleuth Philo Vance.