The Benson Murder Case book - Flame Tree Publishing

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The first bestselling title in the Philo Vance detective mystery series by SS Van Dine, The Benson Murder Case (1926), was inspired by the real-life unsolved murder of Joseph Bowne Elwell (1873-1920), where the victim was shot in his locked house. The intellectual dandy and amateur detective Vance—“a man of unusual culture and brilliance”—finds the case of the murdered playboy stockbroker Alvin Benson fascinating, particularly intrigued by the missing toupee and false teeth… Vance graciously assists his friend, District Attorney Markham, and decides to track down the killer using his cerebral powers of deduction, in contrast to the police's myopic methods.

A specially commissioned biography of the author and a glossary of Victorian and literary terms make this new edition a must-have for all fans of classic crime!

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