The Bishop murder case
- First published
- 1929
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Bishop murder case" by S. S. Van Dine is a mystery novel published in 1929. Detective Philo Vance investigates a series of murders in a wealthy New York neighborhood, each accompanied by cryptic notes signed "The Bishop" and containing verses from Mother Goose nursery rhymes. As victims fall according to the rhymes' dark patterns, Vance must decode the killer's twisted game before more lives are claimed. Believed to be the first nursery-rhyme mystery, it established a popular template for Golden Age detective fiction.
- Detective and mystery stories
- Murder
- Vance, Philo (Fictitious character)
- Private investigators
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #75157. The Bishop murder case on Wikipedia.
