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My first foray in #serieslove2023 - the first book in the Philo Vance series. I'm only a few pages into it; so, we'll see. 👀

@Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Philo Vance, America's most popular fictional detective of the 1920s and 1930s, moved from S. S. Van Dine's novels onto the silver screen and later radio. The aristocratic amateur sleuth was portrayed in more than 100 radio broadcasts by Jackson Beck. Return to the scene of the crime in eighteen classic whodunits.

I listened to these radio broadcasts and found them very interesting. If you love classic whodunits, these stories are for you!

#philovance #ssvandine #centuryofmysterychallenge
#radioarchives

Listening to this today:
Philo Vance is a fictional character featured in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine, published in the 1920s and 1930s. Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy; a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent.

If anyone is making a list of mystery series with detectives so insufferable that you hope the murderer gets away with it, then let me recommend S.S. Van Dine's Philo Vance. I usually like this sort of cozy puzzle (with floorplans!) but the annoying detective, the clueless cops, and the victim-who-had-it-coming had me rooting for the killer.