The Dragon Murder Case (first published in 1934) is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance.

A guest at an estate in northern Manhattan (Inwood Hill Park) dives into the swimming pool and disappears.

The estate in the novel was based on Tryon Hall, built in 1907 by C. K. G. Billings, a retired president of the Chicago Coke and Gas Company.

The Dragon Murder Case is the seventh novel featuring Van Dine's Philo Vance character.

"[1] Further unfavorable critiques from culture historian Jacques Barzun noted, "The estate and its denizens are meant to be as picturesque as the persons and the plot, but all succeed only in being as egregious and improbable as Philo Vance and his antics.