The "Canary" murder case
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About This Book
1927. Illustrated with scenes from the Paramount photoplay. Around 1925 Willard Huntington Wright, critic and writer, underwent a long illness. As part of his convalescence he wrote The Benson Murder Case, in which he created the character of Philo Vance, a master sleuth. So that the book would not be compared to his other works he adopted the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine. By the time The Canary Murder Case, the second in the series was published, Van Dine had become a best seller. He wrote a total of twelve Philo Vance novels. The book begins: In the offices of the Homicide Bureau of the Detective...
Chapters (34)
- The “Canary” Murder Case
- Introductory
- Characters of the Book
- CHAPTER I. The “Canary”
- CHAPTER II. Footprints in the Snow
- CHAPTER III. The Murder
- CHAPTER IV. The Print of a Hand
- CHAPTER V. The Bolted Door
- CHAPTER VI. A Call for Help
- CHAPTER VII. A Nameless Visitor
- CHAPTER VIII. The Invisible Murderer
- CHAPTER IX. The Pack in Full Cry
- CHAPTER X. A Forced Interview
- CHAPTER XI. Seeking Information
- CHAPTER XII. Circumstantial Evidence
- CHAPTER XIII. An Erstwhile Gallant
- CHAPTER XIV. Vance Outlines a Theory
- CHAPTER XV. Four Possibilities
- CHAPTER XVI. Significant Disclosures
- CHAPTER XVII. Checking an Alibi
- CHAPTER XVIII. The Trap
- CHAPTER XIX. The Doctor Explains
- CHAPTER XX. A Midnight Witness
- CHAPTER XXI. A Contradiction in Dates
- CHAPTER XXII. A Telephone Call
- CHAPTER XXIII. The Ten O’Clock Appointment
- CHAPTER XXIV. An Arrest
- CHAPTER XXV. Vance Demonstrates
- CHAPTER XXVI. Reconstructing the Crime
- CHAPTER XXVII. A Game of Poker
- CHAPTER XXVIII. The Guilty Man
- CHAPTER XXIX. Beethoven’s “Andante”
- CHAPTER XXX. The End
- Endnotes
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