A member of the wealthy Kenting family is kidnapped, and Philo Vance's suspicions lead him to the victim's home, the "Purple House" on New York's 86th Street. A mysterious ransom note and the family collection of gems both play a part in the plot, which ends with the murderer's suicide with the connivance of Vance. "To be sure, the motive for the crime, or, I should say, crimes, was the sordid one of monetary gain ... through Vance's determination and fearlessness, through his keen insight into human nature and his amazing flair for the ramifications of human psychology, he was able to penetrate beyond the seemingly conclusive manifestations of the case."[1]
Literary significance and criticismEdit
Crime novelist and critic Julian Symons wrote, "The decline in the last six Vance books is so steep that the critic who called the ninth of them one more stitch in his literary shroud was not overstating the case."[2]
ReferencesEdit
^Page 2, Van Dine, S. S. (1936). The Kidnap Murder Case, (1948), first paperback edition, New York: Bantam #300.
^Symons, Julian, Bloody Murder, London: Faber and Faber 1972, with revisions in Penguin Books 1974, ISBN0-14-003794-2
kidnap, murder, case, 1936, murder, mystery, novel, dine, tenth, twelve, books, featuring, fictional, detective, philo, vance, first, editionauthors, dinecountryunited, stateslanguageenglishseriesphilo, vancegenremystery, detective, novelpublishercharles, scri. The Kidnap Murder Case is a 1936 murder mystery novel by S S Van Dine the tenth of twelve books featuring fictional detective Philo Vance The Kidnap Murder CaseFirst editionAuthorS S Van DineCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishSeriesPhilo VanceGenreMystery Detective NovelPublisherCharles Scribner s SonsPublication date1936Media typePrint Hardback amp Paperback Pages316 ppPreceded byThe Garden Murder Case Followed byThe Gracie Allen Murder Case Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Literary significance and criticism 3 References 4 External linksPlot summary EditA member of the wealthy Kenting family is kidnapped and Philo Vance s suspicions lead him to the victim s home the Purple House on New York s 86th Street A mysterious ransom note and the family collection of gems both play a part in the plot which ends with the murderer s suicide with the connivance of Vance To be sure the motive for the crime or I should say crimes was the sordid one of monetary gain through Vance s determination and fearlessness through his keen insight into human nature and his amazing flair for the ramifications of human psychology he was able to penetrate beyond the seemingly conclusive manifestations of the case 1 Literary significance and criticism EditCrime novelist and critic Julian Symons wrote The decline in the last six Vance books is so steep that the critic who called the ninth of them one more stitch in his literary shroud was not overstating the case 2 References Edit Page 2 Van Dine S S 1936 The Kidnap Murder Case 1948 first paperback edition New York Bantam 300 Symons Julian Bloody Murder London Faber and Faber 1972 with revisions in Penguin Books 1974 ISBN 0 14 003794 2External links EditThe Kidnap Murder Case at Faded Page Canada nbsp This article about a mystery novel of the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Kidnap Murder Case amp oldid 1117543026, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
