Dragons and games of chance and Philo Vance's game of death
In the fourth Leonaur volume of the Philo Vance Murder Cases we
find the urbane New Yorker tackling a particularly puzzling crime.
In 'The Dragon Murder Case'-the seventh tale-a guest visiting a
country house dives into the swimming pool and instead of climbing
out again disappears completely. Suspicions are quickly raised
concerning the intervention of a vengeful dragon, but Philo Vance
is not so sure. He is, as devotees know, an expert in
disappearances, criminals, dragons and how to solve a whodunit that
would baffle anyone else. In the 'The Casino Murder Case', Vance
receives an anonymous letter alerting him to imminent danger to a
member of his own family. If he wants information which will assist
him in averting the threat he must visit a certain Casino to find
it. Predictably, once there the body count starts to rise .Vance
once more has a case on his hands and a killer to uncover-and this
time the preferred weapon is the poison bottle. This is another
satisfying helping of detective fiction by one of its masters-with
more to come as Leonaur publishes the complete collection of these
classic stories.
General
Imprint: |
Leonaur Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2010 |
First published: |
November 2010 |
Authors: |
S. S Van Dine
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-85706-431-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
Books >
Fiction >
Promotions
|
LSN: |
0-85706-431-2 |
Barcode: |
9780857064318 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!