S. S. Van Dine (1888–1939)
Auteur de The Canary Murder Case
A propos de l'auteur
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Séries
Œuvres de S. S. Van Dine
Philo Vance : Four Complete Novels (Benson Murder Case / Canary Murder Case / Bishop Murder Case / Scarab Murder Case) (1984) 42 exemplaires
The Philo Vance Murder Cases 4: The Dragon Murder Case & The Casino Murder Case (2008) 9 exemplaires
The Philo Vance Murder Cases 2: The Greene Murder Case & The Bishop Murder Case (2007) 8 exemplaires
The Philo Vance Murder Cases 1: The Benson Murder Case & The 'Canary' Murder Case (2007) 8 exemplaires
The Philo Vance Murder Cases 3: The Scarab Murder Case & The Kennel Murder Case (2008) 7 exemplaires
Philo Vance 4 exemplaires
The Philo Vance Murder Cases 5: The Garden Murder Case & The Kidnap Murder Case (2008) 4 exemplaires
The Philo Vance Murder Cases 6: The Gracie Allen Murder Case & The Winter Murder Case (2008) 3 exemplaires
Philo Vance murder cases: The scarab murder case, The kennel murder case, The dragon murder case 2 exemplaires
The Kennel Murder Case | The Dragon Murder Case | The Garden Murder Case | The Kidnap Murder Case 2 exemplaires
The Benson Murder Case | The Casino Murder Case | The Garden Murder Case | The Kidnap Murder Case | The Winter Murder… (1962) 1 exemplaire
Rare Photoplay Edition S. S. Van Dine The Greene Murder Case Grosset & Dunlap 1928 [Hardcover] S. S. Van Dine 1 exemplaire
La strana morte del signor Benson (Italian Edition) 1 exemplaire
La serie sangrienta Philo Vance, experto en crimenes 1 exemplaire
Los crímenes del "Obispo" 1 exemplaire
Rare THE SCARAB MURDER CASE S.S. van Dine - Philo Vance story -1st 1930 - Grosset [Hardcover] unknown 1 exemplaire
El caso de los asesinatos del Obispo: Una aventura de Philo Vance (Literatura Reino de Cordelia) (Spanish Edition) (2020) 1 exemplaire
Il mistero di casa Giardino 1 exemplaire
THE FORUM EXHIBITION OF MODERN AMERICAN PAINTERS: MARCH THIRTEENTH TO MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH, 1916 - ON VIEW AT THE… 1 exemplaire
The Canary Murder Case | Mannequin | The Sapphire 1 exemplaire
A Philo Vance Weekend 1 exemplaire
Philo Vance Omnibus Vol 2 1 exemplaire
What Nietzsche Taught 1 exemplaire
Van Dine S.S. (Willard Huntington Wright) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Philosophy of Nietzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra; Beyond Good and Evil; The Genealogy of Morals; Ecce Homo; The… (1927) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 277 exemplaires
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden… (2019) — Contributeur — 67 exemplaires
Murder Plus: True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction (1958) — Contributeur — 44 exemplaires
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Contributeur — 28 exemplaires
Death and Detection: The Bishop Murder Case, Death at Swaythling Court, The Season for Murder — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Wright, Willard Huntington
- Autres noms
- S. S. Van Dine
- Date de naissance
- 1887
- Date de décès
- 1939
- Lieu de sépulture
- New York, New York, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA (death)
Los Angeles, California, USA - Études
- Pomona College
Harvard University
St. Vincent College
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 57
- Aussi par
- 10
- Membres
- 2,366
- Popularité
- #10,847
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 87
- ISBN
- 265
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 1
Review of the Arni Books Kindle eBook edition (August 10, 2023) of the Scribner’s hardcover original (1939).
This became the final Philo Vance novel by S.S. Van Dine aka Willard Huntington Wright (1888-1939) who passed away in the year that it was published. The Winter Murder Case was apparently designed as a screen treatment for a planned film to feature Norwegian champion ice skater Sonje Henie, who had a post-Olympics career as a screen actress. The plot therefore involves a woman with a talent for ice skating. It was published as a short length novella with Wright's "Twenty Rules For Writing Detective Stories" added as an addendum to bump up the book length.
See cover at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/TheWinterMurderCase.jpg
The front cover of the original Scribner’s first edition (1939). Image sourced from Wikipedia.
Amateur sleuth Vance is called out to the Berkshires country estate of Carrington Rexon who is concerned that his emerald jewel collection will be burgled. Ella Gunthar is the companion to Rexon's invalid daughter and spends her spare time ice skating on a nearby rink on the estate. As Vance is in residence a murder and the theft of the emeralds occurs. Vance solves the case while relying on Ella's skating as a distraction for the house guests.
This was a very light and short read which didn't allow Philo Vance to do his usual taunting of District Attorney Markham (who is also a guest at the estate) or NYC homicide detective sergeant Heath (who does not appear at all, since the locale is out of his jurisdiction). So it was not as insufferable as some of the other late Vances and it also didn't have the disappointment of an Unsatisfactory Ending Alert.
Trivia and Links
Unlike almost all of the other Philo Vance books and although originally planned as a movie, The Winter Murder Case was not adapted into a film version. There is a listing of all the film adaptations under the Wikipedia entry for the fictional Philo Vance character here. The later films are not based on any of the books.
The Winter Murder Case is in the public domain and can be read or sourced online at various sites such as Faded Page.
Willard Huntington Wright aka S.S. Van Dine is also the author of the Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories.… (plus d'informations)