Green family murder case

Author: Van Dine
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: In the world of novels, there are many magnificent scenes of heavy snowfall. From our own literary memories, the most renowned might be the scene in Water Margin where Lin Chong sets fire to the hay field, kills his enemy Lu Yuhou, and officially flees to Liangshan at night. In the memory of mystery novels, the murder case on a snowy night in New York in The Greenmantle Murder might be the best snow scene in the history of mystery. Even better, the clever and cunning Van Dine skillfully utilizes this heavy snow. Written in 1928, The Greenmantle Murder is one of Van Dine's most peak works, hailed as the "father of American classic mystery." Naturally, it is also one of the best American classic mystery novels to this day. The plot of this book is inspired by one of the brilliant masterpieces in Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short story detective series, but it is skillfully transformed to fit seamlessly with the special scenes in the book, leaving no trace of artificiality. It is even more natural and imaginative than the original Conan Doyle.