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The Scarab Murder Case

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
1929

Originally published
  
1929

Genre
  
Detective fiction

Preceded by
  
The Bishop Murder Case

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Series
  
Philo Vance

Followed by
  
The Kennel Murder Case

Author
  
S. S. Van Dine

Country
  
United States of America

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Publisher
  
Ernest Benn (UK) & Scribner's (US)

Media type
  
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Adaptations
  
The Scarab Murder Case (1936)

Similar
  
Works by S S Van Dine, Mystery books

The Scarab Murder Case (1929) is a classic whodunit written by S. S. Van Dine. In this book, detective Philo Vance's murder investigation takes place in a private home that doubles as a museum of Egyptology, and the solution depends in part on Vance's extensive knowledge of Egyptian history and customs, which enable him to sort through suggestions of godly vengeance and reveal the misdirections perpetrated by the real murderer.

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Literary significance and criticism

Some reviewers "were disgusted by the author's bland insults to the reader's intelligence -- e.g., the heavy Egyptian statue in the gallery, upended on a piece of pencil and conveniently toppling on the designed victim. By that date they were fed up with the whole bag of tricks, which successive settings did not rejuvenate."

Film adaptation

The Scarab Murder Case (1936) starred Wilfrid Hyde-White as Vance.

References

The Scarab Murder Case Wikipedia