Wright / VanDine
…from whence came Philo Vance S. S. VanDine was the pseudonym under which Willard Huntington Wright wrote his mystery novels, which starred the American wealthier-than-thou sometime-sleuth, Philo Vance. Philo Vance… Read more »
Tag: Mysteries
Qua Ratiocination: Tales That Unequivocally Set The Standard{s}
Ratiocination In definition, the word ‘ratiocination’ means ‘the process of arriving at a logical deduction through logical reasoning’. In usage, as first utilized by Edgar Alan Poe’s character Auguste Dupin… Read more »
Literary Love: Ngaio Marsh’s Optimate Policeman
Ngaio Marsh was a New Zealander who wrote mysteries in the British fair-play school of detection during the Golden Age. A contemporary (and somewhat of a competitor) of Agatha Christie,… Read more »
Bachelors at the Brownstone: Archie Goodwin & the Eccentric Culinary Florist, Detectives
If you’re a fan of Golden Age detective fiction, have ever perused the Rex Stout catalog, have heard of an eccentric fat detective who kept orchids, or watched American television… Read more »