The Greatest Works of S. S. Van Dine (Illustrated Edition). S.S. Van Dine

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СКАЧАТЬ rel="nofollow" href="#ufaf5f3ea-afde-5277-bc7d-e797d6590467">CHAPTER IV. THE HOUSEKEEPER’S STORY

       CHAPTER V. GATHERING INFORMATION

       CHAPTER VI. VANCE OFFERS AN OPINION

       CHAPTER VII. REPORTS AND AN INTERVIEW

       CHAPTER VIII. VANCE ACCEPTS A CHALLENGE

       CHAPTER IX. THE HEIGHT OF THE MURDERER

       CHAPTER X. ELIMINATING A SUSPECT

       CHAPTER XI. A MOTIVE AND A THREAT

       CHAPTER XII. THE OWNER OF A COLT-.45

       CHAPTER XIII. THE GREY CADILLAC

       CHAPTER XIV. LINKS IN THE CHAIN

       CHAPTER XV. “PFYFE—PERSONAL”

       CHAPTER XVI. ADMISSIONS AND SUPPRESSIONS

       CHAPTER XVII. THE FORGED CHECK

       CHAPTER XVIII. A CONFESSION

       CHAPTER XIX. VANCE CROSS-EXAMINES

       CHAPTER XX. A LADY EXPLAINS

       CHAPTER XXI. SARTORIAL REVELATIONS

       CHAPTER XXII. VANCE OUTLINES A THEORY

       CHAPTER XXIII. CHECKING AN ALIBI

       CHAPTER XXIV. THE ARREST

       CHAPTER XXV. VANCE EXPLAINS HIS METHODS

      CHARACTERS OF THE BOOK

      Philo Vance

      John F.-X. Markham

      District Attorney of New York County.

      Alvin H. Benson

      Well-known Wall Street broker and man-about-town, who was mysteriously murdered in his home.

      Major Anthony Benson

      Brother of the murdered man.

      Mrs. Anna Platz

      Housekeeper for Alvin Benson.

      Muriel St. Clair

      A young singer.

      Captain Philip Leacock

      Miss St. Clair’s fiancé.

      Leander Pfyfe

      Intimate friend of Alvin Benson’s.

      Mrs. Paula Banning

      A friend of Leander Pfyfe’s.

      Elsie Hoffman

      Secretary of the firm of Benson and Benson.

      Colonel Bigsby Ostrander

      A retired army officer.

      William H. Moriarty

      An alderman, Borough of the Bronx.

      Jack Prisco

      Elevator-boy at the Chatham Arms.

      George G. Stitt

      Of the firm of Stitt and McCoy, Public Accountants.

      Maurice Dinwiddie

      Assistant District Attorney.

      Chief Inspector O’Brien

      Of the Police Department of New York City.

      William M. Moran

      Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau.

      Ernest Heath

      Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau.

      Burke

      Detective of the Homicide Bureau.

      Snitkin

      Detective of the Homicide Bureau.

      Emery

      Detective of the Homicide Bureau.

      Ben Hanlon

      Commanding Officer of Detectives assigned to District Attorney’s office.

      Phelps

      Detective assigned to District Attorney’s office.

      Tracy

      Detective assigned to District Attorney’s office.

      Springer

      Detective assigned to District Attorney’s office.

      Higginbotham

      Detective assigned to District Attorney’s office.

      Captain Carl Hagedorn

      Fire-arms expert.

      Dr. Doremus

      Medical Examiner.

      Francis Swacker

      Secretary СКАЧАТЬ