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The Canary Murder Case
章节(32)
- Epigraph 0:00
- Introductory 0:12
- I: The “Canary” 2:46
- II: Footprints in the Snow 14:43
- III: The Murder 29:27
- IV: The Print of a Hand 51:45
- V: The Bolted Door 1:14:10
- VI: A Call for Help 1:29:43
- VII: A Nameless Visitor 1:43:36
- VIII: The Invisible Murderer 2:00:57
- IX: The Pack in Full Cry 2:14:08
- X: A Forced Interview 2:38:46
- XI: Seeking Information 2:57:03
- XII: Circumstantial Evidence 3:16:27
- XIII: An Erstwhile Gallant 3:31:03
- XIV: Vance Outlines a Theory 3:48:35
- XV: Four Possibilities 4:07:08
- XVI: Significant Disclosures 4:23:48
- XVII: Checking an Alibi 4:43:39
- XVIII: The Trap 5:01:24
- XIX: The Doctor Explains 5:17:00
- XX: A Midnight Witness 5:35:05
- XXI: A Contradiction in Dates 5:52:52
- XXII: A Telephone Call 6:12:02
- XXIII: The Ten O’Clock Appointment 6:32:48
- XXIV: An Arrest 6:49:06
- XXV: Vance Demonstrates 7:10:36
- XXVI: Reconstructing the Crime 7:27:20
- XXVII: A Game of Poker 7:48:23
- XXVIII: The Guilty Man 8:08:18
- XXIX: Beethoven’s “Andante” 8:29:08
- XXX: The End 8:51:53
Philo Vance, the snobbish art collector who happens to be the longtime friend of District Attorney John Markham, once more finds himself drawn into a criminal investigation. Margaret Odell, the beautiful and talented theatrical singer nicknamed “The Canary,” has been strangled during the night, and from the very beginning there are signs that nothing in the case is quite what it appears to be. Accompanied once more by Sergeant Heath, the unlikely trio struggle to make sense of the evidence.
S. S. Van Dine found even more success with this novel, his sophomore outing as a mystery writer. Spending months on the bestseller lists, it was also the first of his books to be made into a movie, with William Powell starring as Philo Vance. At a time when a majority of successful mystery writers were English, Van Dine’s novels evoked an atmosphere that was distinctly American, with Vance’s cultured perspective colliding with Markham’s pragmatic sensibilities and Heath’s no-nonsense street smarts.