The Philo Vance Megapack: 12 Classic Mysteries - The Complete Series

Philo Vance #1-12

by S.S. Van Dine

Philo Vance is a fictional character featured in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright), published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent. The novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine (who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books as well as the author). Also included is the bonus essay, "Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories."

Novels included are:

The Benson Murder Case (1926)

The "Canary" Murder Case (1927)

The Greene Murder Case (1928)

The Bishop Murder Case (1928)

The Scarab Murder Case (1930)

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

The Dragon Murder Case (1933)

The Casino Murder Case (1934)

The Garden Murder Case (1935)

The Kidnap Murder Case (1936)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1938)

The Winter Murder Case (1939)

And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in this series, covering classic authors and subjects like mysteries, science fiction, westerns, ghost stories -- and much, much more!

Genres: Mystery, Anthologies

1836 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 19, 2013

About the author

Pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright

Reviews

[Kate Cavell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before Miss Marple there was Philo Vance

Philo Vance was a great detective, before Hercule Poroit or Miss Marple, before Sherlock Holmes, or modern Mystery writers, yet in my opinion, one of the very best.

[Marco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tutti racconti interessanti, alcuni un po' meno di altri. La New York degli anni '30 fa da sfondo alle inchieste di un 'so tutto' che riesce sempre a risolvere tutti i casi.
Racconti letti come riempitivi tra un libro ed il seguente, parecchi riletti perchè letti in gioventù.

[Michele bookloverforever · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dated but good reading.

[Mita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ci sono momenti in cui leggere deve essere solo un modo per fuggire da una realtà che spaventa, momenti in cui servono libri che comunque ti catturino l'attenzione e portino la mente altrove perchè hai bisogno di non pensare. Questo è uno di quei momenti e questo il libro che ho scelto... mi terrà la mente divagata per un bel po'!

[Cristina Rold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fra Sherlock Holmes e Agatha Christie: uno dei rari giallisti che non diventa thriller ma rimane sostanzialmente enigma.