The Benson Murder Case

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The Benson Murder Case
Author S. S. Van Dine
Language English
Series Philo Vance
Genre(s) Mystery novels
Publisher Ernest Benn (UK) & Scribner's (USA)
Released 1926
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Followed by The Canary Murder Case

The Benson Murder Case was the first novel in the Philo Vance series by S.S. Van Dine which became a best-seller. The novel was very loosely based upon a real-life case that had made headlines, the unsolved murder of a bridge expert, and many people considered it a Roman à clef. Modern knowledge of ballistics reveals that one of the central premises of the novel is absurd, because the reconstruction of the height of the murderer is impossible).

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