The Greene Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine

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A shooting in the middle of the night at the home of the wealthy Greene family has one sister dead and the other wounded. The police are certain it's a simple burglary gone wrong but the eldest son, Chester Greene, thinks otherwise and solicits the help of the District Attorney, Markham, voicing his own suspicions yet unable to explain why he has his doubts about a burglary. A few days later, Chester is also killed in the exact same fashion in his bedroom at night. Detective Philo Vance is intrigued with the case and especially with the Greene family and the odd circumstances of a will that forces them to live together in the same house for a certain period of time- a family that clearly has no love for each other in an atmosphere of hatred and resentment. As Vance attempts to weave through the puzzling clues left behind, the body count continues to rise as one by one the Greene family is targeted.

Published in 1928.