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The Greene Murder Case
The Philo Vance series
The Benson Murder Case
The "Canary" Murder Case
The Greene Murder Case
In Preparation
The Mother Goose Murder Case
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The Greene mansion, New York, as it appeared at the time of the notorious Greene murder case.
From an old woodcut by Lowell L. Balcom.
From an old woodcut by Lowell L. Balcom.
Murder most foul, as in the best it is;
But this most foul, strange and unnatural.
But this most foul, strange and unnatural.
—Hamlet.
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
MCMXXVII
Copyright, 1927, 1928, by
Charles Scribner's Sons
Printed in the United States of America
Charles Scribner's Sons
Printed in the United States of America
To
Norbert L. Lederer
Άγαθὴ δἑ παράφασίς έστιν έταίρου
Contents
| Chapter | Page | |
| Characters of the Book | ix | |
| I. | A Double Tragedy | 1 |
| II. | The Investigation Opens | 12 |
| III. | At the Greene Mansion | 28 |
| IV. | The Missing Revolver | 44 |
| V. | Homicidal Possibilities | 60 |
| VI. | An Accusation | 73 |
| VII. | Vance Argues the Case | 87 |
| VIII. | The Second Tragedy | 101 |
| IX. | The Three Bullets | 116 |
| X. | The Closing of a Door | 129 |
| XI. | A Painful Interview | 143 |
| XII. | A Motor Ride | 158 |
| XIII. | The Third Tragedy | 174 |
| XIV. | Footprints on the Carpet | 189 |
| XV. | The Murderer in the House | 204 |
| XVI. | The Lost Poisons | 218 |
| XVII. | Two Wills | 231 |
| XVIII. | In the Locked Library | 243 |
| XIX. | Sherry and Paralysis | 257 |
| XX. | The Fourth Tragedy | 269 |
| XXI. | A Depleted Household | 283 |
| XXII. | The Shadowy Figure | 299 |
| XXIII. | The Missing Fact | 313 |
| XXIV. | A Mysterious Trip | 331 |
| XXV. | The Capture | 344 |
| XXVI. | The Astounding Truth | 359 |
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