The Benson Murder Case Entertainment_Gift_Guide After meeting Lyra though

After meeting Lyra though

and creative people from all walks of life find the courage to create—and to make the act of creating a way of life

he has been transformed into a monstrous insect

contradiction-laden experience

then hightails it out of the party and back to her normal

The Benson Murder Case Entertainment_Gift_Guide After meeting Lyra thoughBrilliant amateur sleuth Philo Vance solves a puzzling murder in one of the most influential detective novels of the twentieth century. All of Wall Street and Manhattan high society is abuzz after playboy stockbroker Alvin Benson is discovered dead in his brownstone mansion, slumped over in an easy chair with a bullet in his head. The man's body is found in a room locked from the inside, and his head is missing the toupee that usually adorned it.