The Garden Murder Case

According to one review, Garden runs on "passion, avarice, ambition and horse-racing." It also runs on pure 1930s octane, because this is a classic house-party murder mystery, that staple of the Golden Age. As befitting a Philo yarn, of course, it's a very Manhattan house-party, with an actress and a socialite on hand, and a bookie on the telephone. There's also a losing bet on the ponies, and an ensuing suicide...but Philo, natch, is not sure just who pulled the trigger. A joy, as always, for readers who delight in Philo's spectacular brand of awfulness--is there anyone snootier' Snobbier' More taken with himself'--but also for fans of the Impossible Crime.

Author: S. S. Van Dine
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
Published: 12/15/2020
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781631942051
ISBN10: 1631942050
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Amateur Sleuth

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.