S. S. van Dine

By S. S. van Dine d. i. Willard Huntington Wright

The Canary murder case

S. S. Van Dine

A detective story, it centers upon a connvining "canary" (a nightclub singer) who takes on wealthy lovers and then blackmails them into giving her money. If they refuse, she will tell their wives and ruin their lives. She is found dead the next day and her fiancé Jimmiy is blamed and arrested until Philo Vance, a whimsical society man and amateur detective who is a close friend of Jimmy's father, is called in the case. Vance proves the murder to have been the elder Spotwoode.

The Canary murder case By S. S. van Dine d. i. Willard Huntington Wright

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