S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when writing his detective novels. Wright was an important figure in pre-World War I New York, as he wrote the immensely popular fictional detective novels starring Philo Vance, the sleuth who first appeared in books in the 1920s, and later in films and on the radio.
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A Philo Vance murder mystery for a new generation. No more stumbling over archaic words, trying to decipher out of date expressions, or wondering to what the characters are referring. Mr. Martynique clears all those up, without interfering with the flow o... SEE MORE