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The sleuth we love to loathe is back! Philo Vancethe snootiest snob in Jazz Age NYCinvestigates murders in the wealthy Greene family, who are dropping like flies! Members of the Greene family keep dying, while the pool of possible perpetrators keeps shrinkingalthough the servants, each one weirder than the next, remain in the pink of health). Vancethe independently wealthy, staggeringly brilliant, not remotely modest (and did we mention handsome?) amateur sleuthuses his detective skills to unravel the murders, though sadly not before most of the Greene family has been bumped off.First published in 1928, Greene topped the year's bestseller lists and was made into not one, not two, but an astonishing three films, the first starring William Powell, and the second somebody named Grant Richards. The third, a made-for-TV movie, came out just sixteen years agoin the Czech Republic. That's our Philo, the Sleuth the World Loves to Hate.

The Greene Murder Case

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      Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/4/2025
      ISBN13: 9781631943416, 978-1631943416
      ISBN10: 1631943413
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The sleuth we love to loathe is back! Philo Vancethe snootiest snob in Jazz Age NYCinvestigates murders in the wealthy Greene family, who are dropping like flies! Members of the Greene family keep dying, while the pool of possible perpetrators keeps shrinkingalthough the servants, each one weirder than the next, remain in the pink of health). Vancethe independently wealthy, staggeringly brilliant, not remotely modest (and did we mention handsome?) amateur sleuthuses his detective skills to unravel the murders, though sadly not before most of the Greene family has been bumped off.First published in 1928, Greene topped the year's bestseller lists and was made into not one, not two, but an astonishing three films, the first starring William Powell, and the second somebody named Grant Richards. The third, a made-for-TV movie, came out just sixteen years agoin the Czech Republic. That's our Philo, the Sleuth the World Loves to Hate.

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