The Winter Murder Case

by S. S. Van Dine

Overview

Like The Gracie Allen Murder Case before it, Winter was first written as a screenplay, in this case a vehicle for the figure skater Sonja Henie. However, while Allen’s scatterbrained persona made a charming foil for Philo’s stuffed-shirt pretensions, Ms. Henie provided no such inspiration. Van Dine did not live long enough to see her outed as a Nazi supporter, but her ice-princess act offered less for Philo to play against. It should be noted that Winter was published posthumously to close out the series, and though it went to press without Van Dine’s usual repeated revisions, it is true vintage Philo—utterly distinctive in style and its own very genuine kind of pleasure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631942150
Publisher:	Felony & Mayhem Press
Publication date:	03/01/2022
Series:	Philo Vance Series , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	340,804
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

The best of the American mystery men.” —The Globe

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