The Gracie Allen Murder Case [SEP] series
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1938) (also published as "The Scent of Murder") is the eleventh of twelve detective novels by S. S. Van Dine featuring his famous fictional detective of the 1920s and 1930s, Philo Vance. It also features the zany half of the Burns and Allen comedy team. It is in some ways a roman à clef, including not just Burns and Allen but also such characters as Gracie's mother and brother. (George Burns, after all, has
The Kidnap Murder Case" (1936)
11. "The Gracie Allen Murder Case" (1938)
12. "The Winter Murder Case" (1939)
Cast of characters.
Most of the adventures have at their beginning a "Characters of the Book," much as in Shakespeare's plays.
Vance, Van Dine, John F.-X Markham, Ernest Heath, Dr. Emanuel Doremus, and Currie all appear in 11 of the 12 stories; the last, "The Winter Murder Case",