Erle Stanley Gardner
El Caso De Las Garras De Terciopelo (Perry Mason, #1)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Una mujer glamorosa pero indiscreta confía en el abogado criminalista Perry Mason para la tarea de desenredar una red de chantaje.
El caso del gatito imprudente
Erle Stanley Gardner
El envenenamiento de un gato lleva a Perry Mason a adentrarse en una serie de misterios y asesinatos. Helen Kendall, la propietaria del gatito, recibe una llamada de su tío Franklin que lleva desaparecido mucho tiempo y le recomienda contratar los servicios de Perry Mason.
The Case of the Baited Hook (Perry Mason, #16)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Who was that masked woman? That's the question plaguing the perpetually inquiring mind of Perry Mason. No one loves a good mystery more than Mason--but being asked to represent a client who's concealing her identity, not to mention the particulars of her case, has given even the legendary legal eagle a case of ruffled feathers.
The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (Perry Mason, #76)
Erle Stanley Gardner
A beautiful debutante''s wealthy uncle is mis sing, and strange relatives are counting her out of his fort une. Then a dead man surfaces, pointing his finger straight at her. Now she''s desperate. Perry Mason takes on the case. '
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (Perry Mason, #25)
Erle Stanley Gardner
"When beautiful blonde Diana Regis appears at Perry Mason's office with a nasty black eye, the lawyer agrees to investigate. What does he find? ...
The Case of the Buried Clock (Perry Mason, #22)
Erle Stanley Gardner
After catching his shady son-in-law, Jack Hardisty, in the act of embezzling, wealthy banker Vincente Blane plans to hang him out to dry. Then murder turns Blane’s restful mountain retreat into Hardisty’s final resting place.
When the evidence points to wronged wife Millicent, her father makes a point of calling in Perry Mason. And it’s up to the legendary legal eagle to unravel the case’s most baffling a buried clock at the murder scene. But as time runs short, the ticking of the clock sounds more and more like the rattling of family skeletons that everyone wants silenced…
The Case of the Calendar Girl (Perry Mason, #57)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Contracter George Ansley skids off the road from criminal Meredith Borden, shot dead that night. He drops off Beatrice, but she kisses and distracts him with long legs. California lawyer Perry Mason finds the real Beatrice books models, including bruised Dawn, ex-wife to Frank Ferney, whose girlfriend model Loretta, claims Dawn kidnapped her and shot Meredith.
The Case of the Careless Kitten (Perry Mason, #21)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason seeks the link between a poisoned kitten, a murdered man, and a mysterious voice from the pastHelen Kendal's woes begin when she receives a phone call from her vanished uncle Franklin, long presumed dead, who urges her to make contact with criminal defense attorney Perry Mason; soon after, she finds herself the main suspect in the murder of an unfamiliar man. Her kitten has just survived a poisoning attempt, as has her aunt Matilda, the woman who always maintained that Franklin was alive in spite of his disappearance.Lucky that Helen took her uncle's advice and contacted Perry Mason—he immediately takes her as a client. But while it’s clear that all the occurrences are connected, and that their connection will prove her innocence, the links in the case are too obscure to be recognized even by the attorney’s brilliantly deductive mind. Risking disbarment for his unorthodox methods, he endeavors to outwit the police and solve the puzzle himself, enlisting the help of his secretary Della Street, his private eye Paul Drake, and the unlikely but invaluable aid of a careless but very clever kitten in the process.Reprinted for the first time in over twenty years, The Case of the Careless Kitten is one of the most highly praised cases in the iconic Perry Mason series, which need not be read in any particular order.
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (Perry Mason, #7)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner has been cited by the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the #1 bestselling mystery writer of all time.
"The Case of the Caretaker's Cat" will show you why. In his will, Peter Laxter guaranteed his faithful caretaker a job and a place to live for life. Laxter's grandson Sam, one of the major beneficiaries, says the deal doesn't include the caretaker's cat. When Perry Mason takes the case, he finds there's much more at stake than an old man's cat -- a million dollars to be exact. As he investigates, he discovers a web of greed and treachery among the heirs. But which one actually pulled off an almost perfect crime?
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (Perry Mason, #6)
Erle Stanley Gardner
They found a glass eye, clutched in the dead man's hand - staring back at them. Unwinking and evil.
Did it belong to the mysterious intruder who had attacked the young woman on the couch? But the only person who could help Parry Mason clear his clients had promptly disappeared. There were more complications to come for Mason. At one point, the brilliant lawyer-detective looked like he would soon land in jail himself after he used one eye too many in this baffling case.
The Case of the Crooked Candle (Perry Mason, #24)
Erle Stanley Gardner
An insurance claim after a traffic accident alerts Perry Mason to the possibility of double-dealing concerning a parcel of land. He negotiates a very large settlement for his client, but then a wealthy businessman is found dead on his yacht and Perry is asked to defend against a charge of murder.
The Case of the Curious Bride (Perry Mason, #5)
Erle Stanley Gardner
After con man Greg Moxley married Rhoda Lorton, he took her money and flew—only to have his plane crash.
Years later, Rhoda weds millionaire scion Carl Montaine. But then Moxley turns up alive and well. With plans to pocket some of the Montaine fortune, or make Rhoda’s bigamy public! Desperate to protect the good name of Montaine, Rhoda seeks legal advice - Perry Mason. But before he can reel in Moxley, somebody murders the scheming blackmailer. In a case that abounds in lethal twists, and legal ones too, Perry Mason suddenly finds himself on a collision course with a cold-blooded killer.
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (Perry Mason, #10)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason lives on -- and on -- in the perennially popular courtroom classics that put legal thrillers on the map. Case closed!
The Case of the Daring Divorcee (Perry Mason, #74)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason and Della Street were both out to lunch. Gertie, the receptionist and telephone operator, was indulging in her favorite noontime occupation - munching chocolates and reading a love story - when the door burst open and a woman rushed in.
Gertie got her name, all right, dimly registered the fact that she was not only very attractive buy very upset at having to wait for Mason, and Gertie even looked up when the woman left before he returned.
But vicarious romance was the rule of that day - much to the annoyance of Lt. Tragg when he later tried to piece together what had happened. And although his plan for surprising Gertie into a identification of the lady was ingenious, Perry's counter-measure was even more so...
The Case of the Deadly Toy (Perry Mason, #60)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Toddler Robert, heir to Selkirk fortune, plays with his mother Lorraine's real gun outside, vanishes after his father Mervin is found shot. His accused ex-girlfriend Norda Allison, harassed by anonymous letters, finds address printing press in basement of Mervin's ex-wife and hires California lawyer Perry Mason to save her.
The Case of the Drowning Duck (Perry Mason, #20)
Erle Stanley Gardner
A dead man in the kitchen, gas fumes permeates the house, a duck seem to be drowning in the fishbowl, but it didn't die. Maybe that fact has something to do with murder?
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (Perry Mason, #23)
Erle Stanley Gardner
The death of his wife leaves Banning Clarke, a former successful prospector turned mining magnate, the prey of a host of human predators, including his calculating mother-in-law, and it is up to Perry Mason to keep things on the up and up. Reprint.
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (Perry Mason, #62)
Erle Stanley Gardner
The death of unscrupulous Los Vegas private detective Vera Martel throws suspicion on an investment banker who claims his wife is being blackmailed by Vera and whose daughters may be hiding a mysterious past
The Case of the Empty Tin (Perry Mason, #19)
Erle Stanley Gardner
A spanking-new tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Mrs. Florence Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck of food — but it does carry one very damning clue to a murder that took place right next door. Such an unsavory discovery in such an unlikely place can't help but pique the curiosity of a dedicated mystery hunter like Perry Mason.But the real mystery about this murder is who — and where — is the victim? Upstairs neighbor Elston A. Karr heard the telltale sounds of foul play, but his foul temperament (and his own dark secrets) make him most uncooperative. It takes a second murder to clear up the mystery of the missing body — and to make Perry Mason the next prime candidate to disappear....The Original Courtroom NovelsCriminal lawyer and all-time #1 mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote close to 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Today, the great Gardner tradition continues with many of his classics back in print, as well as brand-new additions to the ever-popular series starring the incomparable Perry Mason.
The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (Perry Mason, #55)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Jilted by her fiancee, a corporate embezzelor who skipped town with company funds, Mildred decides to switch identities with a dead hitchhiker, hoping to create a new life for herself, but her rouse brings even more troubles, so she turns to Perry Mason for help. Reissue.
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (Perry Mason #47)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Master defense attorney Perry Mason is hired by a young woman to protect her scandalous and headstrong halfsister, Eleanor Corbin, from the consequences of her last escapade. Reissue.
The Case of the Golddigger's Purse (Perry Mason, #26)
Erle Stanley Gardner
In order to help her seriously ill boyfriend, gorgeous Sally Madison sets out to separate wealthy Harrington Faulkner from some of his money by offering him a cure for his ailing exotic fish, but her plan goes awry when the fish mysteriously vanish and Faulkner turns up dead. Reissue.
The Case of the Haunted Husband (Perry Mason, #18)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Aspiring actress Stephanie Claire just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots when she gets herself caught up in a crime. It's up to Perry Mason to find the truth behind a suspicious scenario starring a menacing movie mogul, a hoodwinked housewife, and a man no one ever seen--alive! Reissue.
The Case of the Howling Dog (Perry Mason, #4)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Compared to a juicy murder trial, a case of feuding neighbors isn't exactly Perry Mason's cup of tea. But Arthur Cartright insists that Mason is the only one who can muzzle the howling police dog that's driving Cartright crazy.
Perry doesn't realize just how crazy until he meets his client's neighbor, Clinton Foley. Foley says emphatically that Cartright is barking up the wrong tree with his canine complaint -- and swears that the man is dangerously insane to boot.
Mason's not the type to cop out on a client -- but when Cartright draws up a will that leaves everything to this neighbor's wife, even Perry had to wonder if the man had slipped from anger to madness. That's why he pays a personal visit or two to Clinton Foley's house, where he eventually finds a missing wife, a dead dog, and a corpse!
The Case of the Lame Canary (Perry Mason, #11)
Erle Stanley Gardner
When a murdered man is found in the home of shady insurance adjustor Walter Prescott, a simple divorce case turns into a courtroom puzzler, as Perry Mason follows the clues to catch a killer.
The Case of the Long-Legged Models (Perry Mason, #56)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Great Perry Mason legalistic thriller
The Case of the Lucky Legs (Perry Mason, #3)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Here's a Perry Mason entry with 21st century overtones!
Frank Patton was a promoter. Tall and dignified, he was handsome and persuasive. But a con-man and crook. His racket of running contests for young women with beautiful legs was carefully planned. But, when Perry Mason finally caught up with him, he had a nine inch knife in his chest. It wasn't long before his client, Marjorie Clune, one of the many Patton fleeced, stood accused of the deed.
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (Perry Mason, #59)
Erle Stanley Gardner
LETHAL CABIN FEVERGladys Doyle's luxurious ski weekend, courtesy of her employer, takes a sharp turn for the worse when she heads home on Sunday. Heavy storms force her to seek shelter with a surly stranger in a lonely mountain cabin. Next morning there's a dead man in the bedroom, the mysterious host has disappeared, and poor Gladys's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon.Her desperate plight sends Perry Mason ice-fishing in dangerous waters--for a catch that includes a silk scarf curiously decorated with monkeys, a pristine tea kettle, a bodyguard who takes care of his clients permanently, and a viscious bottom feeder hungry for prey . . . .THE ORIGINAL COURTROOM NOVELS
The Case of the Perjured Parrot (Perry Mason, #14)
Erle Stanley Gardner
The only witness to a millionaire’s murder is a parrot that keeps repeating phrases that may identify the killer.
The Case of the Postponed Murder (Perry Mason, #82)
Erle Stanley Gardner
When Mae Farr becomes the presumed stalking victim of wealthy playboy Penn Wentworth, she asks Perry for help. Wentworth say he merely wants her for forging his name on a check. Farr claims he just wants her. Mae is willing to play hardball. But fatal gunplay rocks the boat--leaving Wentworth dead, Mae a wanted woman, and Perry Mason in troubled waters. Original.
The Case of the Rolling Bones (Perry Mason, #15)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Years ago Alden Leeds found a rich vein of gold in the Klondike. Now his greedy relatives fear he's planning to throw his fortune away on a gold-digging spouse, Emily Milicant. So to prevent the two from joining in holy matrimony, they commit their affluent kin to a sanitarium on a trumped-up charge. Then Leeds escapes, only to end up in the company of Emily's blackmailing brother, John, a manufacturer of fixed Dice, rolling bones that always come up seven. But when John is murdered--with Leeds's fingerprints found all over the apartment--Perry Mason must crack a baffling case before his client bumps from the nuthouse to the jailhouse.
The Case Of The Shapely Shadow (Perry Mason #63)
Erle Stanley Gardner
When a restless and sexually adventurous tycoon sets himself up for blackmail, Perry Mason finds an eyeful of glamour means a fistful of trouble...
Was the shapely shadow that followed Morley Theilman, his beautiful ex-showgirl wife...his attractive ex-wife who still carried a torch...or his pretty secretary disguised as a Plain Jane?
And which of these lovelies would kill the goose that laid the golden egg?
In the courtroom the DA is poised for the knockout but Perry beats the punch with some fast legal footwork...
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe (Perry Mason, #13)
Erle Stanley Gardner
HELL ON HEELSAfter her well-to-do Aunt Sarah is caught shoplifting, Virginia Trent is convinced she needs to seek psychiatric help for kleptomania. So why does Virginia turn to legal eagle Perry Mason? Because a cache of valuable diamonds--left in Sarah's care--has suddenly vanished into thin air. Virginia thinks Sarah swiped the stones, but gem dealer Austin Cullens begs to differ. In fact, he's prepared to forgive and forget--until he is mysteriously murdered and Sarah is caught running from the crime scene. Now it appears the lady with the sticky fingers may have blood on her hands. . . .THE ORIGINAL COURTROOM NOVELS
The Case of the Silent Partner (Perry Mason, #17)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Helping a high-spirited florist save her shop from her brother-in-law, an incorrigible gambler, Perry Mason uncovers rather convincing evidence that his client may have committed murder to keep her business blooming. Reissue.
The Case of the Singing Skirt (Perry Mason, #58)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Ellen Robb does more than just sing for her supper — she also dances and sells cigarettes in a two-bit gambling parlor in a one-horse town. But when she hits a sour note with her scheming employer by refusing to help fleece a fat-cat customer in a crooked card game, she finds herself out of all three jobs. That's when she sings her song of woe to Perry Mason, who promises to turn her blues into greenbacks with the help of his crack team, Della Street and Paul Drake, and a hefty lawsuit.Things are humming along just fine — until murder interrupts the merry melody of Mason's crafty legal maneuvers. When the vindictive wife of Ellen Robb's not-so-secret lover turns up shot to death, Mason is certain it's a frame-up — and that his songbird client's belligerent boss is to blame. Until his own gun is found at the scene. The cocksure Mason will have to change his tune — and do some quick thinking — or else this case could be his swan song.The Perry Mason NovelsCriminal lawyer and all-time #1 mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote close to 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Today, the great Gardner tradition continues with many of his classics back in print, as well as brand-new additions to the ever-popular series starring the incomparable Perry Mason.
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece (Perry Mason, #8)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Peter Kent's niece, Edna Hammer, hires lawyer Perry Mason to help protect him from the attempts of his soon-to-be ex-wife and his business partner to take control of his assets. But then a bloody knife is found under Kent's pillow, and he becomes a murder suspect. Just perfect for Perry Mason's talents, that is with the help of Della Street and Paul Drake!
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (Perry Mason, #9)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Julia Branner claims her millionaire father-in-law forced her to give up her baby girl for adoption years before. When a woman appears claiming to be her long-lost daughter, Julia insists she is a fake after the family fortune. As events take a sinister turn Julia calls in Perry Mason.
The Case of the Substitute Face (Perry Mason, #12)
Erle Stanley Gardner
While enjoying a leisurely ocean cruise in the company of secretary Della Street, Perry Mason is approached by passenger who is worried about the wellbeing of her husband. Not long afterward, her husband is seen jumping off the ship, an apparent suicide--but when the body is recovered, it turns out that he was shot. Accused of murder, the wife puts her fate in the hands of Perry, who in the course of piecing things together unearths the fact that the husband had once accepted a huge bribe while serving on a jury. The case takes many shocking twists and turns before revealing its surprising conclusion.
The Case of the Sulky Girl (Perry Mason, #2)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Her Uncle was healthy, but in order to get wealthy did she plot his demise? Is there evil in the heir? Frances Celane has good reason to pout. Thanks to a provision in her late father’s will administered by her uncle, she’s caught in the middle of a family feud between matrimony and money. If she chooses marriage, she loses a million. But beautiful young Frances has a strong will of her own that she’s not afraid to use. One way or another, she means to hear wedding bells and cash registers making beautiful music together. Her first hire Perry mason to orchestrate things. Unfortunately, stubbornness runs in Frances Celane’s family, as Mason discovers when he confronts her Uncle Edward Norton. After Perry’s powers of persuasion fail to penetrate his hard head, someone decides the only way of cashing in is by bashing in the uncooperative uncle skull. But when the blood spills, so do the secrets. Then it’s Mason’s turn to brood, as he tries to figure out if a girl as pretty as his client could have a hand in something so ugly…..
The Case of the Vagabond Virgin (Perry Mason, #32)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Platinum blonde, Veronica Dale, is arrested on a charge of vagrancy, yet she has a hotel reservation in her name. Addison, head of a department store, booked the room for her and is now being blackmailed. Perry Mason can’t decide who is hiding what and then comes murder and one of Mason’s toughest trial scenes.
The Case of the Velvet Claws: A Perry Mason Mystery #1 (Volume 1) (Perry Mason Mysteries, 1)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Criminal lawyer and bestselling mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote nearly 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Now, the American Bar Association is bringing back his most famous and enduring novels featuring criminal defense lawyer and sleuth Perry Mason in striking trade paperback editions. Married Eva Griffin has been caught with a prominent congressman, and is ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid hush money to protect the politician. But first Perry Mason tracks down the publisher of the blackmailing tabloid and discovers a shocking secret, which eventually leads to Mason being accused of murder. This is the first Perry Mason mystery and our introduction to secretary Della Street, detective Paul Drake, and the great lawyer himself."
This is a re-issue of the very first Perry Mason mystery written in 1933.
The Case of the Velvet Claws (Perry Mason, #1)
Erle Stanley Gardner
California lawyer Perry Mason takes on a client, Eva Belter and she's instantly disliked as “all velvet and claws” by his secretary Della Street.
Eva's husband George is behind tabloid editor Frank Locke’s blackmail of Congressman Harrison Burke. The politician and Eva had been together at a restaurant when there was an attempted robbery. It's not long before George takes a bullet to the heart as he's getting out of his bath. There's a forged will too. It benefits his nephew Carl, who is engaged to the daughter of Mrs. Veitch, the Belters’ secretive housekeeper. Is this complicated or what!
At least Eva Belter had brains; she was smart enough to consult Perry Mason.
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf (Perry Mason, #61)
Erle Stanley Gardner
If you're young, attractive, and female, resist the advances of Loring Lamont at your peril. The spoiled son of a rich and powerful father, Lamont is a wolf who goes after one pretty lamb too many. For stenographer Arlene Ferris has vowed not to let him get away with his cruel come-ons, though she never had murder in mind.Perry Mason's cardinal rule - always trust your client - finds its sorest test when all the evidence says the unfortunate Miss Ferris brandished the fatal knife. Now he may have to step over the line of the law to prove his trust was justified.
The Case of the Worried Waitress
Erle Stanley Gardner
A Perry Mason Mystery.(1966)
A pretty waitress is accused of stealing $100 from her wealthy aunt's hatbox, and a blind pencil-seller earns enough to come to work in a taxicab.
Erle Stanley Gardner is the King of American mystery fiction. A criminal lawyer, he filled his mystery masterpieces with intricate, fascinating, ever-twisting plots. Challenging, clever, and full of surprises, these are whodunits in the best tradition. No wonder fans have made Gardner the # best selling mystery writer of all time.
The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted
Erle Stanley Gardner
Edgar Award Winner: True stories of miscarriages of justice, legal battles, and landmark reversals, by the creator of Perry Mason. In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl along the banks of the Yuba River, and was awaiting execution at San Quentin. After reviewing the case, Gardner agreed to help—it seemed the fate of the “Red-Headed Killer” hinged on the testimony of a colorblind witness. Gardner’s intervention sparked the Court of Last Resort. The Innocence Project of its day, this ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking was devoted to investigating, reviewing, and reversing wrongful convictions owing to poor legal representation, prosecutorial abuses, biased police activity, bench corruption, unreliable witnesses, and careless forensic-evidence testimony. The crimes: rape, murder, kidnapping, and manslaughter. The prisoners: underprivileged and vulnerable men wrongly convicted and condemned to life sentences or death row with only one hope—the devotion of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort. Featuring Gardner’s most damning cases of injustice from across the country, The Court of Last Resort won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. Originating as a monthly column in Argosy magazine, it was produced as a dramatized court TV show for NBC.
The D.A. Takes a Chance (Doug Selby, #8)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Blond Eve Dawson came to Hollywood to be a star and didn't make the grade. But as a party girl she was much in demand - until someone shot her during a wild party given for a lot of prominent politicians.
Everyone clammed up and pressure was brought to bear - even on popular D.A. Doug Selby. But Selby and Sheriff Brandon wouldn't hush.
The next time beautiful Eve turned up she was a corpse with a carving knife deep in her chest. And even that suave old fox A.B. Carr couldn't stop the D.A. from finding out who killed her and why.
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