# The "Canary" murder case

Author: Van Dine, S. S., 1888-1939

Genre: Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70788

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+%22Canary%22+murder+case+Van+Dine&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In the offices of the Homicide Bureau of the Detective Division of the New York Police Department, on the third floor of the Police Headquarters building in Center Street, there is a large steel filing cabinet; and within it, among thousands of others of its kind, there reposes a small green index-card on which is typed: “_ODELL, MARGARET. 184 West 71st Street. Sept. 10. Murder: Strangled about 11 p. m. Apartment ransacked. Jewelry stolen. Body found by Amy Gibson, maid._”

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-canary-murder-case-70788/chapters/1/index.md)