The "Canary" Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
The Dragon Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
The Winter Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
The Scarab Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
The Greene Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
The Kennel Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
The Casino Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
The Benson Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine | 
Stillhouse Lake
by Rachel Caine | 
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield | 
I Am Watching You
by Teresa Driscoll | 
A Great Reckoning
by Louise Penny | 
The Heist
by Daniel Silva | 
Judgment Cometh
by Scott Pratt | 
Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult | 
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley | 
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult | 
Midwives
by Chris Bohjalian | 
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem | 
Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear |
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club, she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide. After Gracie's bungled attempts to solve the case, Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie's "help," the two eventually find the real killer.