Left: The Benson Murder Case, by “S.S. Van Dine,” aka Willard Huntington Wright (Pocket, 1946); cover illustration by Bill Gillies. Right: The Benson Murder Case, by “S.S. Van Dine,” aka Willard Huntington Wright (Scribner, 1983); cover art credited to Jerry W. McDaniel. I was reminded of this first novel starring amateur sleuth Philo Vance earlier this month, when Otto Penzler’s American Mystery Classics released a handsome new edition of the once best-selling mystery. Since I’ve never read it, I promptly snapped up a copy for myself.
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