Title: The "Canary" Murder Case
First published: April 30, 2005
Description: *The Canary Murder Case* is a classic whodunit mystery novel which deals with the murder of a sexy nightclub singer, with Philo Vance as an investigator. The beautiful Margaret Odell, famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl known as "The Canary", is found murdered in her apartment. She has a number of men in her life, ranging from high society to gangsters, and more than one man visited her apartment on the night she dies. It is Philo Vance's characteristic erudition that leads him to a key clue that allows him to penetrate a very clever alibi and reveal the killer.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Philo Vance (fictitious character), Private investigators, Fiction, Vance, philo (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Private investigators, fiction, Fiction, general
Places: New York (State), New York
Time periods: 1920s