‘Tantalising on every page and brilliant’ Scott Turow, bestseller author of Presumed Innocent and Testimony
‘Kingpin among the mystery writers’ New York Times
‘Why would anyone hire a girl with the figure of a stripteaser and pay her $100 a week to put on weight?’ Perry Mason asked Della Street.
‘In the course of my secretarial career,’ Della said demurely, ‘I’ve seen quite a few approaches, but this is a new one.’
‘According to the letter of this contract,’ Mason mused, ‘if Dianne Alder should marry a millionaire and her husband should die, the party of the first part would be entitled to fifty percent.’ Suddenly Mason snapped his fingers.
‘You’ve got it?’ Della Street asked.
‘I have an explanation. I don’t know whether it’s the explanation, but it’s quite an explanation’.
‘Kingpin among the mystery writers’ New York Times
‘Why would anyone hire a girl with the figure of a stripteaser and pay her $100 a week to put on weight?’ Perry Mason asked Della Street.
‘In the course of my secretarial career,’ Della said demurely, ‘I’ve seen quite a few approaches, but this is a new one.’
‘According to the letter of this contract,’ Mason mused, ‘if Dianne Alder should marry a millionaire and her husband should die, the party of the first part would be entitled to fifty percent.’ Suddenly Mason snapped his fingers.
‘You’ve got it?’ Della Street asked.
‘I have an explanation. I don’t know whether it’s the explanation, but it’s quite an explanation’.
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Reviews
The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller
You know Perry Mason ... and that is what makes the Perry Mason stories worthwhile
No one has ever matched Gardner for swift, sure exposition
The only dull pages in this book are the blank ones just inside the covers
With Perry Mason, Erle Stanley Gardner introduced to American letters the notion of the lawyer as a hero - and a detective - which were remarkable innovations. He even gave defence lawyers a good name to boot. His Mason books remain tantalising on every page and brilliant
For fans of classic hard-boiled whodunits, this is a time machine back to an exuberant era of snappy patter, stakeouts, and double-crosses
Kingpin among the mystery writers
