S.S. Van Dine, pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (1888–1939), was an American critic, editor, and the author of a series of best-selling detective novels featuring the brilliant but arrogant upper-class sleuth Philo Vance. All but two of the twelve Philo Vance mysteries were adapted as feature films, and his writings on the craft of detective fiction were also immensely popular.
“A more ingenious series of murders would be difficult to imagine, and the steps by which Philo Vance solves the mystery are equally ingenious” —New York Times “As baffling and cleverly conceived a plot as has graced a detective story in many a year....If you like detective stories, don't miss The Greene Murder Case” —Palm Beach Post “A corking good detective story that should not be missed...[Philo Vance] solves the most engaging mysteries in a brilliant and thrilling manner” —Detroit Free Press “The Greene Murder Case guarantees thrills” —Minneapolis Journal “Van Dine is almost without peer in the field of detective stories....Readers who have not previously gone in for this delightful type of fiction will probably become addicts after reading The Greene Murder Case” —Chattanooga News