Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Der Greene-Mordfall
Für wen es gedacht ist
For readers who love a closed circle of suspects, a house full of secrets and a clever detective who lectures. It also suits anyone who enjoys seeing where later mysteries came from.
Worum es in diesem Buch geht
A rich family is being shot, one member at a time, inside its own gloomy mansion. The Greene Murder Case is a detective novel by S. S. Van Dine, the pen name of the American art critic Willard Huntington Wright. It came out in 1928 as the third book about the amateur detective Philo Vance. Wright turned to detective fiction after a long illness and then built it with care. The story takes place in New York, where the Greenes live under one roof, crowded, quarrelsome and full of secrets. The police cannot see who is behind the shootings or why. Let us step through the front door.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A shooting at the Greene mansionFree
- 2The family and its odd household
- 3Heath's methods meet Vance's
- 4Secrets and grudges inside the walls
- 5The killer strikes again
- 6Vance reads the clues and the people
- 7A family and its money
- 8Reason against appearances
- 9How the story is told
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A shooting at the Greene mansion
The District Attorney, John F.-X. Markham, is called to a shooting inside the Greene mansion, a large old house that stands apart from the modern city. He brings his friend Philo Vance and the narrator, a lawyer who records the events.
Julia Greene, the eldest child, is dead. A younger sister, Ada, is wounded but lives. Nobody seems to have seen anything, and the household reacts with fear and sharp tempers.
Vance pays less attention to the bullets than to how each person behaves when a question is put to them. A house where people are shot in the same manner suggests a plan. Who in this family could want the others gone, and why now?
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Questions about Der Greene-Mordfall
What is The Greene Murder Case about?
It is a detective novel about a wealthy New York family shot one by one in their old mansion. The amateur detective Philo Vance helps the District Attorney and the police find who is behind the killings.
Who is Philo Vance?
Philo Vance is the amateur detective who stars in S. S. Van Dine's novels. He is a refined man of leisure and art, who solves cases by studying the psychology of the people involved.
Who is S. S. Van Dine?
S. S. Van Dine is the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright, an American art critic. It is also the name of the narrator in the book, a lawyer who is Vance's friend and records his cases.
When was The Greene Murder Case written and is it a true story?
It was published in 1928 and is fiction. The story takes place in New York, where the police and the District Attorney work together on the case.
Is The Greene Murder Case hard to read?
No. The story is easy to start because the plot is clear: a shooting at one mansion, a small family of suspects, and a friend of the detective who tells it all plainly. Each person is drawn in a few clear strokes, so you can follow along.