Erle Stanley Gardner

• Feb-2023
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From Perry Mason-creator Erle Stanley Gardner comes a lost classic of detective fiction featuring private eyes Donald Lam (once played by Frank Sinatra!) and Bertha Cool."About the best of the series... perhaps since the very first." -- Raymond Cha...

• Dec-2020
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From Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner - during his life, the best-selling American author of all time -- comes a lost classic of detective fiction featuring private eyes Donald Lam (once played by Frank Sinatra!) and Bertha Cool."What I can s...

• 2016
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THE LOST DETECTIVE NOVEL BY THE CREATOR OF PERRY MASON! Writing under the name: A.A. Fair At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gardner was the best-selling American author of the 20th century, and world-famous as the creator of crusading attor...

• Mar-2013
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Private detective, Bob Crowder, is the man behind the mask. He had some ingenious ways of ferreting out crime--fighting crooks by acting like a crook! Erle Stanley Gardner (famous for Perry Mason) wrote four stories about Bob Crowder. We have gathere...

• Mar-2013
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Four stories, four protagonists, four different crimes. Each hero had his own slant on fighting crime. There are Dudley Bell, Bud Norman, Kayo Macray, and Ben Harper. Follow their exploits as only the great Erle Stanley Gardner could record for poste...

• Dec-2012
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CITY OF FEAR -- Steel and men, Hard Rock Hogan learned spanning a continent with rails; and he knew these men who ruled a city were no different, although their stell vomited from a chattering tommy. The stories in this book, all written by the creat...

• Aug-2012
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Crows Can't Count by Erle Stanley Gardner (as A. A. Fair), a Cool and Lam mystery, complete and unabridged. "Lam couldn't be better and Bertha Cool gracefully supplies backstage obbligato of screams and objurgations. Plot excellent; track fast. Verd...

• Aug-2012
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Give 'em the Ax by Erle Stanley Gardner (as A. A. Fair), a Cool and Lam mystery, complete and unabridged. From the jacket: The Rimley Rendezvous was the kind of back-street bistro where a tired businessman could drop in for a pick-up, no questions ...

• Jul-2011
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All Detective Magazine was a Dell pulp. Over a two year period, Perry Mason creator, Erle Stanley Gardner had a story published in nearly every issue. Collected together for the first time since their original appearances in 1933 and 1934, are seven ...

• Nov-2010
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Before he created Perry Mason, Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was one of the most popular writers for the mystery and adventure pulp magazines, with their sensational covers, two-fisted heroes, and non-stop action. The Patent Leather Kid is an eleg...

• Aug-2006
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"MY NAME IS ZOOM!" Before he created Perry Mason, Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was one of the most popular writers for the mystery and adventure pulp magazines, with their sensational covers, two-fisted heroes, and non-stop action. Among his toug...

• Aug-2004
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A NEW ERLE STANLEY GARDNER BOOK!

Crippen & Landru is proud to publish a collection of never previously reprinted stories from pulps, slicks and digests by Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) the great creator of Perry Mason. Here we meet such Gardner...

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• Sep-1994
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Murderers, victims, attorneys, and judges come together in a collection of fourteen short stories, including the works of John Mortimer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lawrence Block, Erle Stanley Gardner, and others. Original....

• Jul-1991
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• Jun-1983
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This collection of stories, selected from the Whispering Sands stories originally published in "Argosy" between 1931 and 1934, features desert prospector Bob Zane in tales of outlaws, Indians, and adventure...

• Jun-1981
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• Sep-1973
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• Feb-1973
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Hired to protect a woman from presumed stalker Penn Wentworth, Perry Mason learns that Mae Farr is wanted by Wentworth for forgery, and things are further complicated when a lovesick suitor rides in to the rescue. Reprint....

• Mar-1972
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""The Case of the Irate Witness,"" the mystery which is the star of this collection of 4 novelettes, is the only one that the incomparable Erle Stanley Gardner ever wrote featuring Perry Mason in short story form. Each of the stories revolves aro...

• 1972
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DON'T FENCE ME OUT--OR ELSE... Morley Eden's dream house proves to be a nightmare when an unexpected "guest" moves in. Vivian Carson is the fiery ex-wife of the quick-talking contractor who sold Morley his land and built his home. Thanks to an ...

• Aug-1971
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The Case of the Crying Swallow: A Novella and Two Other Non-Perry Mason Short Stories. He announced himself as Mr. Cash. His calling cars was ten crisp hundred-dollar bills! "My wife has disappeared," he told Perry Mason. "She's in trouble of so...

• 1971
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"It's a chance we shouldn't take," Perry Mason said, "but I'm going to take a peek, just for luck." Perry Mason and Della Street walked softly into the strange apartment. The blazing lights of the living room showed the sprawled body of a man on ...

• 1969
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SILENCE IS MURDER

Perry Mason's beautiful new client isn't giving anything away, not even her name, and he suspects that what she does choose to reveal is mostly lies. Certainly the bag full of cash she carries isn't shopping money. All the my...

• Jan-1969
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"Erle Stanley Gardner, The joys of houseboating on the inland waterways of the Sacramento Delta. 1969. ' Erle Stanley Gardener's discovery of the Sacramento Delta generated such enthusiasm for its hacyon way of life that he immediently investedf in a...

• 1968
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Perry Mason is retained by Selma, a widow whose hopes of remarrying a wealthy man are thwarted by accusations that she had killed her first husband, and Perry's job becomes harder in the face of damaging evidence. Reprint....

• 1967
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Twenty years after Ellen Adair had given birth to an illegitimate child, the result of her affair with the son of a rich tycoon, she finds herself fighting for her son's inheritance and up against those who would deny his parentage. Reprint....

• Jun-1966
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• 1965
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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. '...

• 1965
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An erstwhile young man has his hands full as trustee of a wild young woman's inheritance. But his love and her money don't mix. Perry Mason may be able to prove his client is no embezzler--but what happens when murder rears its head? HC: William Morr...

• 1964
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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...

• 1964
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WITNESS FOR THE DECEASED... Virginia Baxter is the only witness still living who can vouch for the authenticity of Lauretta Trent's will. Lauretta Trent, a wealthy widow, is also still living. But for how long? someone has been peppering the sp...

• 1964
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"I want your man Drake to find out who made that fingerprint." "You think the person who made that fingerprint will be at the dinner tonight?" Mason asked. Horace Warren nodded. "And you want me to find out who that person is and then protec...

• 1963
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Marriage is a big commitment…and so is murder.

Lorraine Elmore is a well-to-do widow who’s ready to marry again. But nervous Linda Calhoun is certain that the man her aunt Lorraine has fallen for is a fortune-hunting Bluebeard who...

• 1963
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When Dorrie Ambler took on a job "impersonating" another woman, she got more than she bargained for: a false charge ofperpetrating a hit-and-run accident. She heeds a lawyer, and when she tells her story Perry Mason understands why: Dorrie bears a...

• 1963
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"There are just four ways to deal with a blackmailer," Perry Mason told Harlow Bancroft. "First you pay the blackmailer off, thinking to get him off your neck. A blackmailer never quits!" "Second, you go to the police." Bancroft shook his hea...

• 1962
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• 1962
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SUPPOSE YOU HAD EMBEZZLED SOME MONEY--and bet it on the nose on a long shot, at fifty to one. And the horse came in first. With your winnings you could easily replace the money you had embezzled and still have a big profit. But when you went...

• 1962
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Art student Maxine Lindsay, as the guest of her mentor, art dealer Colin Durant, attends a reception aboard the yacht of millionaire Otto Olney, who is unveiling his newest purchase, a $130,000 Gauguin. When Durant confides that the painting is a ...

• 1961
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"Why should I see her?" Perry Mason asked. "Because, Mr. Mason, Miss Elston wants you to translate certain Chinese characters for her and to find out whether a crumpled piece of tissue contains strychnine. And, besides, she's a dish with plenty o...

• 1961
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Wealthy Amelia Corning, owner of the Corning mine interests, might be an old lady in a wheelchair but she doesn''t miss a trick. Secretary Susan Fisher has to call in Perry Mason when she finds her boss''s seven-year-old son holding a shoebox stuf...

• 1960
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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...

• 1960
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• 1960
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FATAL HARASSMENT 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...

• 1959
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ENGAGED TO A NIGHTMARE

When Norda Allison sees her husband-to-be slap his young son, she immediately calls off the wedding. Now she is terrified. Her ex-fiancé has beat up her new boyfriend. Anonymous newspaper clippings are flooding her mail...

• 1959
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LETHAL CABIN FEVER

Gladys 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 mo...

• 1959
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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 c...

• 1958
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"You've got me up here under false pretenses," said model Dawn Manning to Perry Mason. "Not exactly," Mason answered. "I'm a lawyer and I'm willing to pay you for your time." "Are you intending to sue somebody?" "Not necessarily." "What ...

• 1958
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Engaged to a dynamic young go-getter on his way up the corporate ladder, secretary Mildred Crest was riding high. Until her prince charming embezzled company funds and skipped town, leaving Mildred with nothing but a ring on her finger and egg on ...

• 1958
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Stephanie Falkner is forced to deal with the mobsters who almost certainly killed her father, including smooth, sinister George Casselman, but she needs Perry Mason's help when Casselman is murdered--and the gun turns up under her pillow. Reprint....

• 1957
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Take a no-holds-barred proxy war for a rich Texas oil company, with Jerry Conway, its young president, fighting for survival. Add a beautiful woman in a mudpack and not much else who gives up a freshly fired .38 to Conway before she shows him the doo...

• 1957
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The voice on the phone was young and silky. The woman it belonged to touched something soft in Perry Mason's cool, legalistic mind. The offer she made was too intriguing to pass up. But what began as a request for a simple courtroom visit turned into...

• 1957
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Accepting John Kirby's wife's fearful request for legal assistance, Perry Mason discovers that Kirby may have been at the scene of a murder and uncovers an secret operation involving illegal adoption, stolen narcotics, and blackmail. Reprint....

• 1956
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TRUTH...AND CONSEQUENCES Under the influence of truth serum, young and pretty Nadine Farr confesses to murdering her elderly benefactor, Mosher Higley. Higley was pronounced dead of natural causes, but the guilt-ridden Miss Farr swears it was an ...

• 1956
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The ingredients were quite simple: one middle-aged tycoon with a lovely young wife; one oh-so-apologetic visitor to the tycoon's office; one devoted secretary, graduate of a correspondence course of How to Be a Detective. But when these ingredients w...

• 1956
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With several briefs in the works and his usual typist unavailable, Perry Mason sends for one from a temp agency. When a carefully dressed woman appears at the office, the receptionist asks if she's the typist and she says yes. Everyone notices sh...

• Jul-1955
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THE NAKED AND THE VERY DEAD

The blonde wandering nude at the Remuda Golf Club tells Perry Mason a strange story: While she peacefully sun-bathed near the course, someone made off with her Cadillac, her trailer, and all her belongings--includin...

• 1955
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Lawyer Perry Mason knows there's something funny about this case. Nobody is going to hire an attorney famous for criminal defense work if they really want to minimize publicity. But that's the story when he's asked to help an apparent amnesia victim ...

• 1955
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Aware of her husband's dalliance with an alluring business associate involved with him in an important real estate deal, Sybil Harlan asks Perry Mason to help her sour the deal and win back her errant spouse. Reprint....

• 1955
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THE NAKED AND THE VERY DEAD

The blonde wandering nude at the Remuda Golf Club tells Perry Mason a strange story: While she peacefully sun-bathed near the course, someone made off with her Cadillac, her trailer, and all her belongings--includin...

• 1954
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Death And Taxes... And Murder?

The affairs of her husband -- financial and otherwise -- are what concern Steffanie Malden. The young and stunning bride of a prominent physician killed in a private plane crash, the widow Malden stands to inheri...

• 1954
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• 1954
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Her husband was stealing her money, while accusing her of a plot to poison him -- or so claims the frightened young Mrs. Myrna Davenport. She wants Perry Mason to find the incriminating note her husband left for the authorities accusing her of murder...

• 1953
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• 1953
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Perry Mason has no hesitation about defending penniless ex-salesman Albert Brogan against a charge of armed robbery. That's because nightclub hostess Inez Kaylor's testimony will guarantee that the accusations against the alleged hold-up mon won't ho...

• Jun-1952
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When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, it's up to P.I. Donald Cool to get to the bottom of her disappearance -- and of a mining scam, an illegal casino operation, a double homicide, and an opportunity for an enterprising priv...

• 1952
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Helen Cadmus was dead—but how had it happened?

Suicide, most people said. She jumped off that millionaire’s yacht in a fit of despair, her body was never found, and the case was closed. The story was too neat to suit Perry Mason. ...

• 1952
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MURDER ON THE MENU Perry Mason orders a double serving of trouble the night he and Della Street dine at an intimate restaurant after a hard day at law. In the middle of their steaks a waitress flees the premises in terror, leaving the puzzled prop...

• 1951
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Do birds of a feather plot murder together?

When notorious playboy Arthur Cushing is murdered, Belle Adrian suspects that her daughter, Carlotta, is the killer, and Carlotta suspects her mother of the crime.

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• 1951
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Poker-faced Nellie Conway, the nurses bed-ridden Elizabeth Bain, brings trouble when she calls on Perry Mason with a glass phial containing four pills which she suspects are poison. Her employer, Nathan Bain, she says, had promised her money to gi...

• 1950
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Rob Trenton, an American dog trainer by profession, makes a tour of Paris and Switzerland with fellow passengers from his ship. Artist Linda Carroll arouses his curiosity. Strange Merton Ostrander joins them for the return. When New York Customs sear...

• 1950
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While Perry Mason is enjoying a moonlit canoe ride, he admires a naked bathing beauty. Little does he know he'll soon be rescuing her--and that the next day he'll have to clear her of a jewelry-theft charge. But then she's suddenly charged again--th...

• 1950
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Perry Mason is dining peacefully at the Golden Goose cafe when he receives a mysterious phone call. The frantic woman on the other end of the line is desperate to retain Mason's services, but suddenly vanishes during their cryptic phone conversation....

• Sep-1949
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• 1949
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Much-married Lucille Barton is no fool. When she sees Paul Drake's ad offering $100 for information, she figures there must be a lawyer behind it somewhere. She has the information, and she needs a lawyer, so she answers the ad. When she gets Perr...

• 1949
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Worrying that his fortune-hunting ex-wife may attempt to invalidate their Mexican divorce, wealthy businessman Edward Garvin seeks Perry Mason's help in outwitting her plot to scam him out of his company....

• 1948
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A suspicious personal ad conceals nefarious intent--and eventually lands in the lap of Perry Mason. It appears that Marilyn Marlow inherited a small fortune from her mother, who got the sum from her wealthy employer. But now the old man's relatives a...

• 1948
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BLACK & WHITE & DEAD ALL OVER After prominent businessman John Racer Addison gives some fatherly help to a mixed-up eighteen-year-old runaway, an unscrupulous gossip columnist threatens to turn their innocent relationship into a tawdry tabloid tale. ...

• 1948
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• 1947
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MURDER WITH COMPLICATIONS When Perry Mason receives two mysterious checks from Lola Allred, a woman he's never heard of, he smells trouble. A visit from Lola's husband reveals that she has run away with her daughter's boyfriend -- a key witness in an...

• 1947
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• 1946
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Erle Stanley Gardner - The Case of the Backward Mule (1946), a Terry Clane mystery.Note: this edition is very slightly bowdlerized, but the character of the story remains as it was in 1946.Killer or not -- she had it coming! Terry Clane and Cynthia...

• 1946
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A CASE OF FORSAKEN IDENTITY Perry Mason's keen eye for the ladies gets him an earful of intriguing information from a pretty woman applying for a very odd job. Seems a mysterious Mr. Hines is advertising for a young brunette, and he's very specif...

• 1946
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Murder is one way to keep a secret safe! THE WORST WAY TO DIE! Lawyer Fred Roff sat down to breakfast in his hotel room, spread a clean white napkin and reached for the coffee cup. A minute later, his body slumped slowly to the floor. Fred To...

• 1945
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Perry Mason has no interest in a case involving goldfish-until Harrison Faulkner, their owner, is murdered. Then Faulkner's dinner companion, the lovely Sally Madison, turns to Mason for help. He'd love to oblige, but there's one problem: the content...

• 1945
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In the dead of night, a thick fog lies over the black waters. You are aboard a fancy yacht full of fancy people who loathe one another. Suddenly you hear… A scream! A splash! A shot! The fateful cry, “Man Overboard!” And the next...

• 1944
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DIANA REGIS HAD A BLACK EYE. She was a good-looking blonde and fighting mad when she came to Perry Mason's office. She wanted Mason to take action against her employer's stepson, a particularly obnoxious young man who had knocked her down when sh...

• 1944
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Time and tide wait for no man neither does Perry Mason. A mystery in the best Gardner tradition chock full of action (mighty fast), angles (inventive and voluptuous), and aqua pura (meaning watertight solution as well as H20).

On his way to fin...

• 1944
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Why would a dead bum have manicured fingernails and wear handmade shoes? ACCIDENT OF MURDER? When wealthy Desmond Billmeyer was found dead in an auto wreck, dressed in a shabby and very cheap suit, the D.A. began to wonder. Who would benefit f...

• 1943
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The bullet went clean through the body, Paul Drake told Perry Mason. "And the bullet isn't there! That's why the autopsy surgeon has held up his report." Mason nodded slowly. "Well, that lets your client out, anyway," said Drake, "the fact that t...

• 1943
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Perry Mason solves a murder in a mining town in this whodunit from one of the bestselling authors of all time.When a millionaire enlists Perry Mason to protect his mining interests, the sleuthing attorney and his tireless secretary Della Street trade...

• 1943
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A crafty businessman arrives incognito in a small town, where he takes up residence at a cabin. Using another name he starts buying up property. When he is found dead in his mountain cabin there is no shortage of suspects. Amateur detective Gramps Wi...

• 1942
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The lawyer who inspired the HBO series unravels a mystery surrounding a back-from-the-dead banker in "one of the best of the Perry Mason tales" (The New York Times).   Helen Kendal's woes begin when she receives a phone call from her v...

• 1942
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Wealthy John L. Witherspoon hires Perry Mason to delve into a twenty-year-old murder case in order to prove that the young man Witherspoon's daughter intends to marry has homicidal impulses in his genes. Reprint....

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• 1941
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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 un...

• 1941
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A beautiful hitchhiker blamed for a fatal car crash, a mysterious dead man in a swank hotel room, a New Orleans woman with a missing husband, and a Hollywood screenwriter with a scathing history. For Della Street, Paul Drake, and Perry Mason, it add...

• 1941
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• 1940
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Who was that masked woman? That was the question plaguing Perry Mason. No one loves a good mystery more than Mason -- but being asked to represent a client who is concealing her identity, not to mention the particulars of her case, has given even ...

• 1940
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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....

• 1940
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• Jul-1939
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UNLUCKY IN LOVE 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, ...

• 1939
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Did wealthy Fremont Sabin divorce his wife before his untimely death? That's the multimillion-dollar question. And the right answer will mean a windfall for either the dead man's angry son or his headstrong widow. Each has accused the other of des...

• 1939
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• 1938
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After her will-to-do Aunt Sarah is caught shoplifting, Virginia Trent is convinced her aunt 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 ...

• 1938
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While enjoying a leisurely ocean cruise in the company of secretary Della Street, Perry Mason is approached by a passenger who is worried about the well-being of her husband. Not long afterward, her husband is seen jumping off the ship, an apparent ...

• 1938
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• 1937
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GUN OVERBOARD

When Matilda Benson solicits the help of Perry Mason, her request seems simple enough: cruise to a gambling ship moored just beyond the twelve-mile limit and buy back the IOUs signed by Miss Benson's niece. But after Mason reaches the...

• 1937
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DO BIRDS OF A FEATHER PLOT MURDER TOGETHER? The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles simple divorce cases, but this one is a strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjust...

• 1937
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• 1936
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THE SLEEPWALKER'S MURDER Pretty Edna Hammer asked Perry Mason an odd question: "Is a person who sleepwalks criminally responsible for what he does?" Edna claimed she was worried about her sleepwalking uncle, Peter Kent. Several nights later, ...

• 1936
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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 who is after the family fortune. As events tak...

• 1935
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In his will, Peter Laxter guaranteed his faithful caretaker a job and a place to live...for life. But Laxter's grandson Sam says the deal doesn't include the caretaker's cat--and he wants the feline off the premises by hook, crook...or poison. Wh...

• 1935
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Wealthy businessman Hartley Bassett has killed himself. There's a typewritten suicide note and three guns lying near his body. But for Perry Mason, that's evidence overkill. He knows there has been trouble in Bassett's life. His wife wants out, h...

• 1934
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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 now Moxley has turned up alive and well…with plans to pocket the Mont...

• 1934
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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 hound that's driving Cartright crazy. But Perry dosn't realize ...

• 1934
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Young Marjorie Clune's best asset is her greatest misfortune: a pair of exquisite legs. They attract the perfect heel, a self-professed movie promoter named Frank Patton, whose scam seems even more flawless than Marjorie's lissome limbs. When th...

• 1933
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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 los...

• 1933
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Criminal lawyer and all-time #1 mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote close to 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. His most popular books starred the incomparable attorney-sleuth Perry Mason. And the first time the world heard...