The Benson Murder Case

1st book of the Philo Vance series

by S. S. Van Dine

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  • 233 pages
  • Year: 1926
  • ~25h 52m
  • ★★★★★

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A Manhattanite art connoisseur becomes an amateur detective as he assists his good friend, the District Attorney, in solving an unusual murder case.

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Philo Vance is a snobbish art collector who happens to be the longtime friend of John Markham, the New York County District Attorney. When a wealthy Wall Street broker is found shot in his own home, Vance finds himself drawn into the case. Seeing both Markham and the police content to accept the superficial evidence of the crime scene, Vance must intervene, and elucidate an entirely different approach to solving the mystery.

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