S S Van Dine Author:The Bishop Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story Had it not been for the fact that Philo Vance's insatiable mind and unique analytic methods caused him to become absorbed in a criminal mystery that threw the entire nation into a state of gruesome excitement, the series of uncanny, bizarre, and sinster events that constituted the Bishop murder case would probably never have come to light. Possi... more »bly 1st edition of this classic mystery from the golden age.« less