The Greene Murder Case
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name = The Greene Murder Case | title_orig = | translator = | image = | First edition book front cover |
| image_caption = First edition book front cover | author = S. S. Van Dine | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = Philo Vance | genre = Mystery, Detective Novel | publisher = Charles Scribner's (USA) & Cassell (UK) | release_date = 1928 | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = The Canary Murder Case | followed_by = The Bishop Murder Case
The Greene Murder Case is a 1928 mystery novel by S. S. Van Dine. It focuses on the murder one by one of the Greene family: "The holocaust that consumed the Greene family", as Philo Vance memorably puts it. This book contains S. S. Van Dine's greatest ingenuity as a puzzle plot constructor, containing a number of clever ideas.
It also completes a trilogy. The Benson Murder Case focused on the death of a single man, who lead a public life and was involved in business; The Canary Murder Case focused on a couple and romantic love; and The Greene Murder Case focused on a family. The three books together have a powerful cumulative impact, their imagery bringing a tragic focus to basic human institutions.
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