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Murder cloaked in rhyme and terror grips New York in The Bishop Murder Case, the fourth thrilling entry in S. S. Van Dine's legendary Philo Vance Mystery series. A fiendish killer is on the loose-one who leaves behind cryptic nursery rhymes at the scenes of... Read Full Overview

Philo Vance finds his old chum District Attorney Anthony Markham up against a bizarre series of murders inspired by children's nursery rhymes. The first murder was apparently based on "Who Killed Cock Robin'"; it is followed by more hideous deaths referencing "Mother Goose."... Read Full Overview

Murder cloaked in rhyme and terror grips New York in The Bishop Murder Case, the fourth thrilling entry in S. S. Van Dine's legendary Philo Vance Mystery series. A fiendish killer is on the loose-one who leaves behind cryptic nursery rhymes at the scenes of... Read Full Overview

A brilliantly constructed Golden Age murder mystery featuring the urbane detective Philo Vance.

First published in 1929, The Bishop Murder Case is the fourth novel in S. S. Van Dine's celebrated Philo Vance series and one of the most famous... Read Full Overview

Da en r kke mord finder sted, i et af New Yorks velhaverkvarterer, beder advokaten Markham sin ven Philo Vance om hj lp til at opklarer de yderst us dvanlige omst ndigheder. Liget af det f rste offer, Mr. Joseph Cochrane Robin, er blevet gennemboret af en pil, og ved liget finder... Read Full Overview