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Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 09 - The Garden Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07
The 9th book in the "Philo Vance" series.
"There were two reasons why the terrible and, in many ways, incredible Garden murder case--which took place in the early spring following the spectacular Casino murder case--was so designated. In the first place, the scene of this tragedy was the penthouse home of Professor Ephraim Garden, the great experimental chemist of Stuyvesant University; and secondly, the exact situs criminis was the beautiful private roof-garden over the apartment itself. It was both a peculiar and implausible affair, and one so cleverly planned that only by the merest accident-or, perhaps I should say a fortuitous intervention-was it discovered at all. Despite the fact that the circumstances preceding the crime were entirely in Philo Vance's favor, I cannot help regarding it as one of his greatest triumphs in criminal investigation and deduction; for it was his quick uncanny judgments, his ability to read human nature, and his tremendous flair for the significant undercurrents of the so-called trivia of life, that led him to the truth..." Enjoy! |
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