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The Bishop Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
Hardcover
Mystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781025304403
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.54
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Bishop Murder Case is one of S. S. Van Dine's most celebrated detective novels, featuring the sophisticated and erudite amateur sleuth Philo Vance. Set in New York City, the story begins with a bizarre murder that appears to be inspired by the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin? As a series of macabre killings follows, each linked to different Mother Goose rhymes, the local authorities are left baffled by the killer's eccentric and theatrical methods.
Vance, with his keen intellect and deep understanding of human psychology, is called upon to assist District Attorney John F.X. Markham. The investigation leads them into a world of chess players, mathematicians, and scholars, where the motive for the crimes is as complex as the intellectual puzzles the characters inhabit. The Bishop Murder Case is a quintessential example of the Golden Age of detective fiction, characterized by its fair-play puzzle-solving, intricate plotting, and the dry wit of its protagonist. This work remains a cornerstone of the mystery genre, offering readers a challenging cerebral exercise and a vivid glimpse into the high-society crime-solving of the late 1920s.
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