The Gracie Allen Murder Case, Van Dine S. S.

Автор: Van Dine S. S.
Название: The Greene Murder Case
ISBN: 1781391688 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781391686
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Автор: Van Dine S. S.
Название: The Kidnap Murder Case
ISBN: 1631942042 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781631942044
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Цена: 2200.00 р.
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Описание: "Philo Vance: Man of Action," said nobody never. And yet Kidnap shows real signs of Van Dine's responding both to the changing times--friends, it's not the Jazz Age any more--and to the public's changing tastes, as Philo does much less sitting around pontificating and much more running around chasing bad guys. To accommodate this new, Action Philo, the plot is somewhat simplistic, featuring not only a purloined playboy but also a demand that the ransom be left at midnight in a hollow tree. However, Philo's newfound skills with a pistol are additions to his bag of tricks, rather than replacements for the tricks we know and love; rest assured that he retains every ounce of his customary implausible charm.

Автор: Van Dine S. S.
Название: The Garden Murder Case
ISBN: 1631942050 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781631942051
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Van Dine S. S.
Название: The Winter Murder Case
ISBN: 1631942077 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781631942075
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Van Dine S. S.
Название: The Greene Murder Case
ISBN: 1631941828 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781631941825
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Описание: Members of the Greene family keep dying while the pool of possible perpetrators keeps shrinking. Philo Vance--the independently wealthy, staggeringly brilliant, not remotely modest amateur sleuth--uses his detective skills to unravel the murders, though sadly not before most of the Greene family has been bumped off.

Автор: Van Dine S. S.
Название: The Bishop Murder Case
ISBN: 1631941836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781631941832
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Цена: 2062.00 р.
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Описание: Philo Vance finds his old chum District Attorney Anthony Markham up against a bizarre series of murders inspired by children's nursery rhymes. The first murder was apparently based on "Who Killed Cock Robin'"; it is followed by more hideous deaths referencing "Mother Goose." Philo Vance suspects a connection to a rather more sophisticated writer.