Willard Huntington Wright (1888–1939) was an American author, editor, and literary critic, best known for conceiving his classic detective character, Philo Vance, a stylish and sophisticated sleuth who became the protagonist in a series of murder mystery novels. Wright wrote under the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine and gained significant fame in the 1920s and 1930s. 'The Scarab Murder Case' is one of the...