The Bishop Murder Case

S. S. Van Dine

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Pushkin Press
01 April 2024

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime; Historical mysteries

When Cock Robin is found dead with an arrow through his chest, New York's DA calls in amateur detective and professional flaneur Philo Vance to solve the case. Vance quickly establishes the reference in the staging of the murder to a nursery rhyme line, a pattern that is soon borne out by a succession of stranger and even more perverse murders.

After each murder, the perpetrator sends a note to the press, signed simply 'The Bishop.' Vance must move quickly to stop the Bishop's tyrannous and bloody campaign of death raging through the upper echelons of New York society.

Set against the backdrop of Jazz Age Manhattan with a distinctive and erudite detective, this is considered one of the great classic detective stories.

By: S. S. Van Dine
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781782279983
ISBN 10: 1782279989
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

S.S. VAN DINE was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (1888 - 1939), a US art critic and prolific author. After a long illness, he started writing detective fiction, creating the wildly popular detective Philo Vance whose obscure cultural references and knowledge of aesthetic arts helped him solve many complicated puzzle plots.

Reviews for The Bishop Murder Case

'The perfect sleuth for the Jazz Age' - CrimeReads 'Mr. Van Dine's amateur detective is the most gentlemanly, and probably the most scholarly snooper in literature' - Chicago Daily Tribune 'The Philo Vance novels were well-crafted puzzlers that captivated readers' - Mystery Scene 'With his highbrow manner and his parade of encyclopedic learning, Philo Vance is not only a detective; he is a god out of the machine' - New York Times 'Probably the most asinine character in detective fiction' - Raymond Chandler