The story involves a series of murders taking place in a wealthy neighborhood of New York. The first murder, of a Mr. Joseph Cochrane Robin who is found pierced by an arrow, is accompanied by a note signed "The Bishop" with an extract from the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin. This crime takes place at the home of an elderly physicist with a beautiful young ward and a private archery range. District Attorney Markham finds the circumstances so unusual that he asks his friend Philo Vance to advise upon the psychological aspects of the crime. Further murders connected with the family and neighbours of the physicist are accompanied with similar extracts from Mother Goose, such as the case of Johnny Sprigg, "who was shot through the middle of his wig, wig, wig." Midway through the book, an elderly woman confesses to the crimes, but this possibility is discounted by the police for physical reasons and by Philo Vance for psychological ones. The kidnapping and confinement of a little Miss Moffatt is luckily discovered by Vance and the police before the child suffocates in the closet in which she has been locked. Vance finally realizes the significance of one character's pointed reference to The Pretenders, a play written by Henrik Ibsen. Bishop Arnesson, of Oslo, was a prominent character in Ibsen's play. Vance arranges a spectacular finale in which the criminal is poisoned by a glass of liqueur which that person prepared for another suspect.
范达因(S.S.Van Dine),美国推理小说之父,《菲洛·万斯探案集》是他惟一的代表作,也是古典推理小说的集大成之作。他将推理小说中的理性成分演绎到极至,这个成就“前无古人,后无来者”。范达因所撰写的《推理小说二十条守则》是推理小说史上最全面、最完整、最严谨的写作戒律,同时也被奎恩等后来者奉为指导其毕生写作的“圣经”。
看过本书后,对里面的《鹅妈妈童谣》产生了浓厚的兴趣。其实最早看到的《鹅妈妈童谣》是在“推理女王”阿加莎·克里斯蒂的《无人生还》里,那首著名的《十个小黑人》真的吓了我一跳: 十个小黑人 十个小黑人,为了吃饭去奔走;噎死一个没法救,十个...
评分之前有人向我介绍说,就剧情而言,本作是范达因六字母系列里面最好的一本,读完发现确实挺有意思,故事很有戏剧性,波折不断,误导做得也还好,加上对范达因没有足够的重视,后期上了作者大当。以前听人说范达因节奏偏缓,但无论怎样,至少这本节奏是中等的,不算慢。 本作风格...
评分之前有人向我介绍说,就剧情而言,本作是范达因六字母系列里面最好的一本,读完发现确实挺有意思,故事很有戏剧性,波折不断,误导做得也还好,加上对范达因没有足够的重视,后期上了作者大当。以前听人说范达因节奏偏缓,但无论怎样,至少这本节奏是中等的,不算慢。 本作风格...
评分被b评价为很差劲,可我看完了却觉得还好,就是一本中规中矩的侦探小说罢了。各个该有的要素都算齐全,情节也算曲折,结果也算出人意料同时在前文中做好了铺垫。手法的痕迹不重,主要的分析对象是心理。只是对数学家心理的描写我不怎么喜欢,数学家就一定是性格乖僻的人吗?...
评分第一次看范达因的书,是那本封面就泄底的《班森谋杀案》,当时强忍着一万次想打死万斯的心情,终于看完了这本书。 本来打算再也不会翻开他的书,但有次在某乎上,看到这本书顶着童谣谋杀案的始祖、多次反转的剧情、范达因的代表作这几个诱人的标签,还是怀着并不是每个推理小说...
范达因绝对是最没存在感的华生了吧。。
评分范达因绝对是最没存在感的华生了吧。。
评分范达因绝对是最没存在感的华生了吧。。
评分范达因绝对是最没存在感的华生了吧。。
评分范达因绝对是最没存在感的华生了吧。。
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