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<a href="/wiki/Portal:Philo_Vance" title="Portal:Philo Vance">Philo Vance</a> series</span></u><div class="wst-dhr" style="visibility:hidden; line-height:100%;"> </div> <p><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="/wiki/The_Benson_Murder_Case" title="The Benson Murder Case">The Benson Murder Case</a><br /><a href="/wiki/The_%22Canary%22_Murder_Case" title="The "Canary" Murder Case">The "Canary" Murder Case</a><br />The Greene Murder Case</span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14416321">.mw-parser-output .wst-rule{background-color:#202122;color:inherit;width:auto;margin:2px auto 2px auto;height:1px}.mw-parser-output .wst-rule.wst-rule-left{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-rule.wst-rule-right{margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-rule.__uirule{background-color:#a2a9b1;color:inherit;border:0;margin-top:0.2em;margin-bottom:0.2em}</style><hr class="wst-rule wst-rule-center skin-invert" style="color:inherit;width:3em;" /> <p>In Preparation<br /> <span style="text-transform: uppercase;">The Mother Goose Murder Case</span> </p> </div> </div>  </div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14515475"><span class="wst-pagebreak wst-pagebreak-bottom"><span class="noprint ws-noexport"><span> </span></span></span> </p> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13972166/mw-parser-output/.prp-pages-output"><span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="ii" data-page-number="ii" data-page-name="Page:The Greene Murder Case (1928).pdf/8" data-page-index="8" data-page-quality="3" title="Page:The_Greene_Murder_Case_(1928).pdf/8"><span id="pageindex_8" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r11686960"><div class="freedImg wst-freedimg" style="width:300px"><span class="freedImg" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Greene_Murder_Case_(1928)_frontispiece.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/The_Greene_Murder_Case_%281928%29_frontispiece.png/300px-The_Greene_Murder_Case_%281928%29_frontispiece.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="418" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/The_Greene_Murder_Case_%281928%29_frontispiece.png/450px-The_Greene_Murder_Case_%281928%29_frontispiece.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/The_Greene_Murder_Case_%281928%29_frontispiece.png/600px-The_Greene_Murder_Case_%281928%29_frontispiece.png 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="1368" /></a></span><div class="imgCaption wst-freedimg-caption wst-freedimg-caption-bottom"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">The Greene mansion, New York, as it appeared at the time of the notorious Greene murder case.</span><br />From an old woodcut by <a href="/wiki/Author:Lowell_L._Balcom" class="mw-redirect" title="Author:Lowell L. Balcom">Lowell L. Balcom</a>.</div></div>  </div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14515475"><span class="wst-pagebreak wst-pagebreak-bottom"><span class="noprint ws-noexport"><span> </span></span></span> </p> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13972166/mw-parser-output/.prp-pages-output"><span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="iii" data-page-number="iii" data-page-name="Page:The Greene Murder Case (1928).pdf/9" data-page-index="9" data-page-quality="3" title="Page:The_Greene_Murder_Case_(1928).pdf/9"><span id="pageindex_9" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p><span style="font-size:249%;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">The Greene Murder Case</span></span> </p> <div class="wst-dhr" style="visibility:hidden; line-height:100%;"> </div> <p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">A <a href="/wiki/Portal:Philo_Vance" title="Portal:Philo Vance">Philo Vance</a> Story</span></span> </p> <div class="wst-dhr" style="visibility:hidden; line-height:3;"> </div> <p>By<br /><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="/wiki/Author:S._S._Van_Dine" class="mw-redirect" title="Author:S. S. Van Dine">S. S. Van Dine</a></span> </p> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14263552">.mw-parser-output .wst-block-center{display:table;margin:0 auto;padding:0;position:relative;width:auto;max-width:100%;height:auto;text-align:initial}.mw-parser-output .wst-block-center-title{display:table-caption;text-align:center}</style><div class="wst-block-center"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14666568">.mw-parser-output .ws-poem{display:table;margin:0 auto;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-fl,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-fn{margin-left:0;vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-fr{margin-left:auto;margin-right:0;vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-stanza{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-stanza.ws-poem-left{display:table;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-stanza.ws-poem-right{display:table;margin-left:auto}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-stanza.ws-poem-center{display:table;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output 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.ws-poem-sc,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem.smallcaps,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem.sc{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-asc{font-variant:all-small-caps}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xxsmaller,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xxs{font-size:58%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-x-smaller,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xs{font-size:69%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-smaller,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-sm{font-size:83%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-fine{font-size:92%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-larger,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-lg{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-x-larger,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xl{font-size:144%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xx-larger,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xxl{font-size:182%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xxx-larger,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xxxl{font-size:207%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xxxx-larger,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-xxxxl{font-size:249%}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-center,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-c{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-speech-prefix-xsmaller .ws-poem-line,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-speech-prefix-xs .ws-poem-line{margin-left:10em}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-speech-prefix-smaller .ws-poem-line{margin-left:3em}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-speech-prefix .ws-poem-line{margin-left:5em}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-speech-prefix-larger .ws-poem-line{margin-left:7em}.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-speech-prefix-xlarger .ws-poem-line,.mw-parser-output .ws-poem-speech-prefix-xl .ws-poem-line{margin-left:10em}</style><div class="ws-poem poem ws-poem-hi"><div class="ws-poem-stanza"><span class="ws-poem-line">Murder most foul, as in the best it is;<span class="ws-poem-break"><br /></span></span><span class="ws-poem-line">But this most foul, strange and unnatural.<span class="ws-poem-break"><br /></span></span><span class="ws-poem-break"><br /></span></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14549452">.mw-parser-output .wst-right{text-align:right}</style><div class="wst-right"> <p>—<i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(Shakespeare)" title="Hamlet (Shakespeare)">Hamlet</a>.</i> </p> </div> </div> <div class="wst-dhr" style="visibility:hidden; line-height:6;"> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p><span style="font-variant:all-small-caps;">New York</span><br /><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Charles Scribner's Sons</span><br />MCMXXVII </p> </div>  </div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14515475"><span class="wst-pagebreak wst-pagebreak-bottom"><span class="noprint ws-noexport"><span> </span></span></span> </p> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13972166/mw-parser-output/.prp-pages-output"><span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="iv" data-page-number="iv" data-page-name="Page:The Greene Murder Case (1928).pdf/10" data-page-index="10" data-page-quality="3" title="Page:The_Greene_Murder_Case_(1928).pdf/10"><span id="pageindex_10" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13348679"><div class="wst-size-block wst-smaller wst-smaller-block"> Copyright, 1927, 1928, by<br /><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Charles Scribner's Sons</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14416321"><hr class="wst-rule wst-rule-center skin-invert" style="color:inherit;width:5em;" />Printed in the United States of America </div><div class="wst-dhr" style="visibility:hidden; line-height:10;"> </div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_logo.png/75px-Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_logo.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_logo.png/113px-Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_logo.png/150px-Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="656" data-file-height="739" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div>  </div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14515475"><span class="wst-pagebreak wst-pagebreak-bottom"><span class="noprint ws-noexport"><span> </span></span></span> </p> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13972166/mw-parser-output/.prp-pages-output"><span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="v" data-page-number="v" data-page-name="Page:The Greene Murder Case (1928).pdf/11" data-page-index="11" data-page-quality="3" title="Page:The_Greene_Murder_Case_(1928).pdf/11"><span id="pageindex_11" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13348679"><div class="wst-size-block wst-smaller wst-smaller-block"> <p><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">To<br /><a href="/wiki/Author:Norbert_Lewis_Lederer" title="Author:Norbert Lewis Lederer">Norbert L. Lederer</a></span><br /><i>Άγαθὴ δἑ παράφασίς έστιν έταίρου</i> </p> </div> </div>  </div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14515475"><span class="wst-pagebreak wst-pagebreak-bottom"><span class="noprint ws-noexport"><span> </span></span></span> </p> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13972166/mw-parser-output/.prp-pages-output"><span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="vii" data-page-number="vii" data-page-name="Page:The Greene Murder Case (1928).pdf/13" data-page-index="13" data-page-quality="3" title="Page:The_Greene_Murder_Case_(1928).pdf/13"><span id="pageindex_13" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Contents</span></span> </p> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14317250">.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table{border-collapse:collapse;background-color:transparent;color:inherit;margin:auto;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table-align-left{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table-align-right{margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table td{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table th{vertical-align:top;font-weight:inherit;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table th:first-child{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table th:last-child{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table caption{text-align:center;padding-bottom:1em}.mw-parser-output .__toc_row_1-m-1 td:nth-child(1),.mw-parser-output .__toc_row_1-m-1-1 td:nth-child(1),.mw-parser-output .__toc_row_1-m-1-1 td:nth-child(3),.mw-parser-output .__toc_row_1-1-m-1 td:nth-child(1),.mw-parser-output .__toc_row_1-1-m-1 td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:1em}.mw-parser-output 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.wst-toc-dotcell-content{display:inline;position:relative;background:white;color:#202122;z-index:2}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotouter{position:absolute;right:0px;bottom:0px;width:100%;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;z-index:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotempty{position:absolute;left:0;bottom:0;height:1em;z-index:1}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotentry{display:inline;position:relative;text-align:left;padding:0 .5em 0 0;z-index:2}</style> <table class="ws-summary __toc_table wst-toc-table wst-toc-table-align-center"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> <tbody><tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td><span style="font-variant:all-small-caps;">Chapter</span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span style="font-variant:all-small-caps;">Page</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1 wst-toc-aux" style=""> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Characters_of_the_Book" title="The Greene Murder Case/Characters of the Book">Characters of the Book</a> </td> <td>ix <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>I. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_1" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 1">A Double Tragedy</a> </td> <td>1 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>II. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_2" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 2">The Investigation Opens</a> </td> <td>12 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>III. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_3" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 3">At the Greene Mansion</a> </td> <td>28 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>IV. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_4" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 4">The Missing Revolver</a> </td> <td>44 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>V. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_5" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 5">Homicidal Possibilities</a> </td> <td>60 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>VI. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_6" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 6">An Accusation</a> </td> <td>73 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>VII. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_7" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 7">Vance Argues the Case</a> </td> <td>87 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>VIII. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_8" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 8">The Second Tragedy</a> </td> <td>101 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>IX. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_9" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 9">The Three Bullets</a> </td> <td>116 <link 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XIII. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_13" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 13">The Third Tragedy</a> </td> <td>174 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XIV. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_14" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 14">Footprints on the Carpet</a> </td> <td>189 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XV. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_15" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 15">The Murderer in the House</a> </td> <td>204 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XVI. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_16" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 16">The Lost Poisons</a> </td> <td>218 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XVII. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_17" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 17">Two Wills</a> </td> <td>231 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XVIII. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_18" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 18">In the Locked Library</a> </td> <td>243 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 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title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 24">A Mysterious Trip</a> </td> <td>331 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XXV. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_25" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 25">The Capture</a> </td> <td>344 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-1-1 wst-toc-row-1-1-1" style=""> <td>XXVI. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Chapter_26" title="The Greene Murder Case/Chapter 26">The Astounding Truth</a> </td> <td>359 </td></tr></tbody></table>  </div> <div style="display:none;" class="ws-summary"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Greene_Murder_Case/Advertisements" title="The Greene Murder Case/Advertisements">Advertisements</a></li></ul> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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