S.S. Van Dine The Almost Perfect Crime Lost Classic First Edition

First Edition

Never before collected in one volume

including a locked-room mystery ("An Irish Jig")

Like many of the Golden Age writers

and it is a place

S.S. Van Dine The Almost Perfect Crime Lost Classic First EditionS. S. Van Dine is Back Although virtually forgotten today, the name of S. S. Van Dine was recognized by mystery lovers around the world a century ago. Van Dine was the author of the Philo Vance novels, beginning with The Benson Murder Case. Most critics agreed that his first six mysteries were his best, and the later books did not hold the same quality of puzzles. His books were made into films, and the short films associated with him were made into