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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:SSVanDine TheGreeneMurderCase.jpg</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">First edition book front cover</td></tr> <tr><th>Country</th><td>United States</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Series</th><td>Philo Vance</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Mystery, Detective Novel</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (Hardback & Paperback)</td></tr><tr><th>Preceded by</th><td>The Canary Murder Case</td></tr><tr><th>Followed by</th><td>The Bishop Murder Case</td></tr>

The Greene Murder Case

Author	S. S. Van Dine
Publisher	Charles Scribner's (USA) & Cassell (UK)
Released	1928

The Greene Murder Case is a 1928 mystery novel by S. S. Van Dine. It focuses on the murder one by one of the Greene family: "The holocaust that consumed the Greene family", as Philo Vance memorably puts it. This book contains S. S. Van Dine's greatest ingenuity as a puzzle plot constructor, containing a number of clever ideas.

It also completes a trilogy. The Benson Murder Case focused on the death of a single man, who led a public life and was involved in business; The Canary Murder Case focused on a couple and romantic love; and The Greene Murder Case focused on a family. The three books together have a powerful cumulative impact, their imagery bringing a tragic focus to basic human institutions.