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The scarab murder caseS. S. Van Dine

The scarab murder case

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Original author: S. S. Van Dine

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The Scarab Murder Case (1930) is a classic whodunit written by S. S. Van Dine. In this book, detective Philo Vance's murder investigation takes place in a private home that doubles as a museum of Egyptology, and the solution depends in part on Vance's extensive knowledge of Egyptian history and customs, which enable him to sort through suggestions of godly vengeance and reveal the misdirections perpetrated by the real murderer. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)

The scarab murder case, by S. S. Van Dine. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #78655.

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22 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Murder!3,668 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: The Vengeance of Sakhmet3,145 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Scarabæus Sacer1,419 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Tracks in the Blood3,436 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: Meryt-Amen3,510 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: A Four-Hour Errand2,382 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: The Finger-Prints3,253 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: In the Study3,789 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Vance Makes an Experiment2,730 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: The Yellow Pencil3,457 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: The Coffee Percolator3,346 words
  1. 12.Chapter XII: The Tin of Opium2,950 words
  2. 13.Chapter XIII: An Attempted Escape3,505 words
  3. 14.Chapter XIV: A Hieroglyphic Letter3,446 words
  4. 15.Chapter XV: Vance Makes a Discovery2,462 words
  5. 16.Chapter XVI: A Call After Midnight3,904 words
  6. 17.Chapter XVII: The Golden Dagger3,580 words
  7. 18.Chapter XVIII: A Light in the Museum3,804 words
  8. 19.Chapter XIX: A Broken Appointment3,797 words
  9. 20.Chapter XX: The Granite Sarcophagus3,783 words
  10. 21.Chapter XXI: The Murderer5,126 words
  11. 22.Chapter XXII: The Judgment of Anûbis4,819 words