Philo Vance Series / The Bishop Murder Case / S. S. Van Dine

When a man known as Cock Robin is found murdered with an arrow in his chest, John Markham, the New York District Attorney, calls in Philo Vance to investigate. An amateur detective with a keen eye and a weak belief in coincidences, Vance soon realises that this is a well-known nursery rhyme. And it soon becomes clear that this will be the pattern of a series of extraordinary crimes committed by a vicious murderer who constantly provokes the police by writing letters to newspapers, all signed “The Bishop”.