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Another Philo Vance Story
The Benson Murder Case
By S. S. Van DineUniform with "The 'Canary' Murder Case"Price, $2.00 net
Another great "case" in which Philo Vance investigates and solves the baffling murder of Alvin Benson, Wall Street broker and man-about-town. Unanimously praised by the critics of England and America.
"Full of the unexpected and remarkably well told. An original detective story of very high order."—The Scots Observer (London).
"In workmanship and interest one of the outstanding mystery tales of the last two years."—Record (Philadelphia).
"A very nearly perfect mystery story which can be placed with the masterpieces of its kind. . . . Positively, we feel inclined to place this in the first fifteen or twenty or even less of the very best crime stories which have been produced."—News (Buffalo).
"Seldom has one been so captivated by a murder case which really does thrill."—The Sussex (England) Daily News.
"Among the best of its kind. The reader will be thrillingly interested in all the details."—Globe-Democrat (St. Louis).
"Philo Vance is a real addition to the great company of amateur detectives."—The London Times Literary Supplement.
"The story is absorbing in interest, pushing steadily to its surprising climax and revealing Philo Vance as a new and delightful member of the little coterie in which Sherlock Holmes is the most familiar name."—Republican (Springfield).
"Will put Vance high in the respect, if not the affection, of connoisseurs."—The Outlook (London).
"An engrossing mystery tale."—The Outlook (New York).
"A book which is a pleasure to read from a literary point of view as well as for its story."—The Birmingham (England) Mail.
"A detective story that is really different. Not only a detective story, but literature, also."—News (Detroit).
"One of the best detective stories I have ever read."—William Lyon Phelps.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York