Books in series
#1
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1933
California lawyer Perry Mason takes on a client, Eva Belter, who is described and instantly hated, 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.
#2
The Case of the Sulky Girl
1933
Frances Celane is unable to marry due to a stipulation in her late father's will, which states that, although she is his only child, she will lose his millions if she does wed. Headstrong, she hires Perry Mason to get around the clause. Complications arise, and he soon finds himself deep into a family murder. Too deep perhaps?
"Sulky Girl" is #2 in the successful Perry Mason series, but it's a first in one category. "The Case of the Velvet Claws," #1, did not contain a courtroom drama. In #2, for the first time, Mason illustrates his ability to drive the judge and the prosecuting attorney crazy.
#3
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1934
Here's a Perry Mason entry with 21st century overtones!
Frank Patton was a promoter. Tall and dignified, he was a handsome and persuasive con-man. A 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, stood accused of the deed.
#4
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
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 one missing wife, one dead dog, and one corpse!
#5
The Case of the Curious Bride
1934
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.
#6
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye
1935
They found a glass eye, clutched in the dead man's hand - staring at them, unwinking, and evil.
Had it belonged 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.
#7
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat
1935
\*Erle Stanley Gardner is cited by the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the #1 bestselling writer of all time.
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. 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. And as he investigates, he finds a web of greed and treachery among the heirs. But which one actually pulled off the almost perfect crime?
#8
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
1936
Peter Kent's niece hires Perry Mason to help protect him from the attempts of his wife and business partner to take control of his assets, but when a bloody knife is found under Kent's pillow, he becomes a murder suspect
#9
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1936
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.
#9, 10
Perry Mason 2 in 1
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop; The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
1975
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
When a stuttering bishop comes to Perry Mason's office for help, Mason becomes involved in a battle of wills with a woman and the long-lost daughter she believes to be a fraud. The key to the puzzle lies in the bishop—who, unfortunately, has disappeared.
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
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 floating casino, he discovers problems aplenty; most notably the ship's owner with a bullet hole through his head.
Strangely enough, Matilda and her niece are also on board that night . . . when someone tosses a gun over the railing. Does Perry Mason's client have something to hide? With the support of his trusty secretary, Della Street, and the ever-helpful Paul Drake, Mason dives into an ocean of menace.
#10
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
1937
Perry Mason lives on—and on—in the perennially popular courtroom classics that put legal thrillers on the map. Case closed!
#11
The Case of the Lame Canary
1937
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. Reissue.
#12
The Case of the Substitute Face
1938
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.
#13
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
1938
HELL ON HEELS
After 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
#14
The Case of the Perjured Parrot
1939
The only witness to a millionaire’s murder is a parrot that keeps repeating phrases that may identify the killer.
#15
The Case of the Rolling Bones
1939
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' fingerprints found all over the apartment—Perry Mason must crack a baffling case before his client bumps from the nuthouse to the jailhouse.
#16
The Case of the Baited Hook
1940
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.
#17
The Case of the Silent Partner
1940
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.
#17, 60
Kaks juhtumit
1985
Eric Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) on Ameerika Ühendriikide viljakamaid ja populaarsemaid kriminaalromaaniautoreid. Enamikus tema romaanides esineb peategelasena advokaat Perry Mason, kes lahendab mitmesuguseid mõrvajuhtumeid.
Käesolev raamat sisaldab kaks Perry Masoni lugu. Need on «Tühja purgi juhtum» (1941) ja «Ohtliku mänguasja juhtum» (1959), kusjuures viimane on tüüpiline selle poolest, et efektse lõpplahenduse toob kohtuprotsess, mille käigus Perry Mason vabastab oma kaitsealuse mõrvasüüdistusest ja paljastab tõelise mõrvari.
#18
The Case of the Haunted Husband
1941
Aspiring actress Stephane Olger just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots instead when she gets herself caught up in a crime. Shortly after quitting her job and moving to Hollywood, she is picked up by a well-dressed man while hitchhiking. The man loses control of the car and they end up in a horrible accident. Both Stephane and the driver escape unscathed but the strange man flees the scene leaving Stephane to face a charge of manslaughter.
Stephane’s rich uncle hires Perry Mason to defend her and he and the private detective, Paul Drake, immediately start gathering evidence. It turns out that the car, of course, was stolen, and belongs to a Hollywood producer who has been in contact with the mystery man who is from San Francisco. A woman has been promised a job by him, but is given one my Perry Mason instead. She, too, disappears, and in another room of the hotel her luggage is found with a man who has been shot. In the courtroom Perry Mason discovers many other facts, but in the meantime the film producer’s chauffeur is murdered, making his task much harder.
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 has ever seen—alive!
#19
The Case of the Empty Tin
1941
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...
#20
The Case of the Drowning Duck
1942
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?
#21
The Case of the Careless Kitten
1942
Perry Mason seeks the link between a poisoned kitten, a murdered man, and a mysterious voice from the past
Helen 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.
#22
The Case of the Buried Clock
1943
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…
#23
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito
1943
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.
#24
The Case of the Crooked Candle
1944
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.
#25
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
1944
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 she resisted his advances.
Perry was sympathetic. he took action at once - and got $1,500.00 for
Diana and a $500.00 fee for himself. Case dismissed.
But the very next night, the girl who shared Diana's apartment was found murdered. At the scene of the crime, the police found two vital clues: the murder weapon, a pistol covered with Diana's fingerprints, and her bag containing a receipt for his services, signed "Perry Mason per Della Street".
Now Perry mason really had a case!
#26
The Case of the Golddigger's Purse
1945
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.
“You want to consult me about a goldfish?”
Perry Mason couldn’t believe his ears. Prospective clients had come to see him about many things but never a matter as seemingly silly as this.
He didn’t even have time to tell Harrington Faulkner that he wouldn’t take the case before a process server slapped on a summons and complaint for $100,000.
During the evening, a golddigger got Faulkner to write a check for $5,000.
Before two days had passed there was a murder.
And both Perry Mason and Della Street were in danger of being convicted as accessories.
#27
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
1945
Case of the Half-Wakened Wife, The: A Perry Mason Mystery, by Gardner, Erle Stanley
#28
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
1946
A strange newspaper ad for a brunette with specific measurements gets Eve Martell in trouble and provides Perry Mason with a baffling murder to solve.
#29
The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse
1947
It all begins with the fan-dancer's "costume" what there is of it. When Perry Mason stumbles upon the barely there accessories of an exotic performer, he sets out to do a good turn by returning the lost glad rags. But the attorney's discreet good deed brings more than one delectable dancer and more than a little trouble waltzing into his office.Two dazzling dead ringers each claim to be the same famed fan-dancer. And hot on their heels are a zealous ex-husband and a jealous would-be boyfriend. But the missing property all four are after isn't feathered finery it's a full-grown horse! And when one of the men gets brutally murdered, Mason finds he may be dancing dangerously close to a killer....
#30
The Case of the Lazy Lover
1947
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 ongoing lawsuit.
The mystery deepens when the bank finds that one of the checks is forged. Yet when homicide finally does rear its head, even the unexpected victim isn't as surprised as Perry Mason.
#31
The Case of the Lonely Heiress
1948
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 are contesting the will. Whoever sways Rose Keeling, the key witness to the signing of the will, is sure to be the victor. Enter the personal ad. Marilyn intends to find Rose a Mr. Right—in order to get the goods on her. But when Rose is murdered, Perry Mason sets out to find a gentleman caller who had a date with death. Reissue.
#32
The Case Of The Vagabond Virgin
1948
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.
#33
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
1949
A lawyer is sucked into a couple’s hostile divorce in this mystery with “a stellar ending” from the original detective series that inspired the HBO show ( Kirkus Reviews ).
Edward Garvin is a very successful businessman with a very unhappy ex-wife—who wants his money. So Garvin calls on lawyer Perry Mason to protect his company from her schemes, and ensure the divorce they’d gotten in Mexico is actually finalized.
But when Garvin’s former spouse is struck down by a killer, Mason’s client becomes the chief suspect. Fortunately, the attorney “comes up with dazzling answers” to the mystery . . . ( The New York Times ).
This whodunit is part of Edgar Award–winning author Erle Stanley Gardner’s classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany.
DON’T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER’S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS
#34
The Case of the Cautious Coquette
1949
When Perry Mason questioned Lucille Barton, she lied about her past, about her many marriages, about her gun, about her boyfriends. Then the murders began. And the cops turned up evidence that clearly pointed to one killer—Perry Mason!
#35
The Case of the Negligent Nymph
1950
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 next day he'll have to clear her of a jewlery-theft charge. But then she's suddenly charged again- this time with murder. It takes all of Perry's wiles, Della's insights, and Paul Drake's deft detecting to solve The Case of the Negligent Nymph. Erle Stanley Gardnew 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.
#36
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
1950
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.
The only clues: a newspaper clipping about a blackmail case, and the combination to a safe scrawled on a paper. The case: a tangled web indeed, strung between an eccentric widower with something to hide, a sexy cigarette girl with plenty to cry about, a real estate broker with his own home on the selling block, a wife, a lover, and too many loose ends. The common denominator: murder, of course.
#37
The Case of the Fiery Fingers
1951
Night nurse Nellie Conway hires California lawyer Perry Mason for $1. She claims Nathan Bain wants to poison his second wife of two years, Elizabeth, paralyzed after accident he engineered. He fires Nellie for fluorescent powder on her fingers from outside of jewelry box, then pays her to go to New Orleans with letters for his lover Charlotte.
#38
The Case of the Angry Mourner
1951
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. Original.
#39
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
1952
An old, moth-eaten mink coat leads indomitable sleuth Perry Mason on his fifty-seventh mystery
#40
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla
1952
Can gorillas be hypnotized and trained to murder - then turn on their master?
#41
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
1953
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 man won't hold up in court. But when the hostess has the bad manners to stand Mason up instead of taking the stand, Perry's defense may not have a leg to stand on.
Failure to find the AWOL witness in forty-eight hours could cost an innocent man his liberty and his life, when the prosecution serves up a shocking new charge of murder! But the high-tailing hostess has a host of her own secrets, and a cast of shady characters—from Los Angeles to Las Vegas—is determined to keep them (and her) hidden. It all adds up to a whirlwind working weekend for Mason: if he can't get the goods—and the girl—by Monday morning when the gavel falls, so will the ax...
#42
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister
1953
A tale of two sisters, family fortune, and “Millions of Americans never seem to tire of Gardner’s thrillers” ( The New York Times ).
Beautiful Sylvia Bain Atwood is overseeing her ailing father’s estate while her sister serves as his caregiver. But their father’s fortune has shadowy roots—and now one of his creditors is blackmailing the family.
When the situation escalates to murder, defense lawyer Perry Mason will have his hands full in this mystery in Edgar Award–winning author Erle Stanley Gardner’s classic, long-running series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany.
DON’T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER’S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS
#43
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
1954
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 inherit more than just a sizable estate. Unfortunately, she's also the unwilling heir to an IRS investigation. It appears that the deceased was squirreling away a king's ransom in undeclared cash—with the able assistance of his head nurse and secret paramour, Gladys Foss.
Mrs. Malden wants Mason to flush out Miss Foss and recover the AWOL income—without trouble from the taxman. But when she's suddenly charged with engineering her husband's death, the matter turns from the monetary to the murderous. Stuck in the middle, Mason must match wits with both sides of the law, to find out just who got the doctor slaughtered....
#44
The Case of the Runaway Corpse
1954
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—especially now that Davenport is dying.
Perry finds the envelope, but it's filled with blank paper. Then Davenport does die, or so everyone thinks until his alleged corpse climbs out a window and drives away—straight into a prepared open grave in another county.
With Davenport finally dead, Perry could become a possible accessory to murder. And though the victim died twice, Perry gets only one clear shot at saving his client—and himself.
#45
The Case of the Restless Redhead
1954
Evelyn Bagby has ambition, bad luck – and red hair. When she is caught with stolen diamonds is looks like an airtight case. But Perry Mason believes she has been set up. Then comes news of another crime and Mason finds the charge against his client is murder.
#46
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
1955
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—including her precious diary.
The woman blames the police, who suspect her of having stashed away nearly half a million dollars allegedly stolen by her father, who is now in prison. She swears that both she and her father are innocent. So who is bankrolling her leisurely lifestyle? Why is she so desperate to find her diary? And who, if not Mason's beautiful client, would murder a key witness? In a virtuoso courtroom performance, Mason exposes the staggering truth.
THE ORIGINAL COURTROOM NOVELS
From the Paperback edition.
#47
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost
1955
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.
#47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 61
Seven Complete Perry Mason Novels - The Case Of
The Foot-Loose Doll / The Glamorous Ghost / The Long-Legged Models / The Lucky Loser / The Screaming Woman / The Terrified Typist / The Waylaid Wolf
1979
Seven intriguing mysteries featuring the talents of the inimitable Perry Mason include The Foot-Loose Doll, The Glamorous Ghost, The Long-Legged Models, The Lucky Loser, The Screaming Woman, The Terrified Typist, and The Waylaid Wolf.
#48
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
1955
Sybil Harlan is aware of her husband’s dalliance with an alluring business associate. Sybil asks Perry Mason to help her sour the real estate deal and win back her errant spouse. Unfortunately a blackmailer gets wind of the scheme and murder takes place.
#49
The Case of the Terrified Typist
1956
Perry hires a temporary typist who flees in a panic, leaving behind a pair of diamonds hidden in a wad of chewing gum. Down the hall from Perry's office, a co-owner of a gem importing company has been charged in a smuggling scheme, and with murdering his accomplice. Mason agrees to defend the accused man, who would rather die than cooperate. And he just might—unless Mason can track down the terrified typist.
#50
The Case of the Gilded Lily
1956
The ingredients were quite 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 were combined and brought to the boil with the addition of one inflammable blonde - the result was murder. And when Perry Mason was called in to clean up the kitchen, he found that too many cooks almost spoiled the broth.
#51
The Case of the Demure Defendant
1956
Lawyer Perry Mason believes Nadine Farr did not poison Mosher Higley. Under truth drug, she confesses to Dr Denair, who brings the tape recording to Perry. As usual, secretary Della Street and PI Paul Drake help, Lt Tragg and DA Burger hinder. Is the killer her fiancé Locke, Higley niece Sue Newburn and hubby Jackson, man of work Cap'n Hugo, or a nurse?
#52
The Case of The Screaming Woman
1957
Fiction, Mystery, Perry Mason
#53
The Case of the Lucky Loser
1957
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 an intrigue of baffling complexity as well as one of the most cleverly rigged frame-ups of Perry's career.Its a case of a family blessed with millions and, riddled with scandal, a case of accidental manslaughter that explodes into a charge of airtight murder, a case of a corpse dying not once, but twice. To save his client, Perry will have to break all the rules-and more than one law.
#54
The Case of the Daring Decoy
1957
Jerry Conway fights dishonest ex-employee Gifford Farrell for his Texas oil company. "Call me Rosalind" offers him a proxy list, but at the hotel a beauty clad in underwear and a face mud pack frames Jerry with a freshly fired gun. On the hotel bed, lawyer Perry Mason and PI Paul Drake find a woman shot dead by the same gun. Who does Giff's ex-wife cheer for?
#55
The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll
1958
Jilted by her fiancée, 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.
#56
The Case of the Long-Legged Models
1958
Great Perry Mason legalistic thriller
#57
The Case of the Calendar Girl
1958
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.
#58
The Case of the Singing Skirt
1959
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 Novels
Criminal 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.
#59
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
1959
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 morning there's a dead man in the bedroom, the mysterious host has disappeared, and poor Gladys' 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
#60
The Case of the Deadly Toy
1959
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.
#61
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
1960
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.
#62
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter
1960
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
#63
The Case Of The Shapely Shadow
1960
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...
#64
The Case Of The Spurious Spinster
1961
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 stuffed with hundred-dollar bills. Then Miss Corning’s life is at risk.
#65
The Case of the Bigamous Spouse
1961
Gwynn Elston learns that her best friend's husband already has a wife and family, but when he is found murdered, Gwynn must ask Perry Mason to defend her against a murder charge.
#66
The Case of the Reluctant Model
1962
When one of the two prominent men competing for the affections of Maxine, a blonde model, turns up dead, and Maxine disappears, Perry Mason investigates
#67
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
1962
Mason suspects that a ravishing blonde with a millionaire father is being duped by an agent who promises to turn her into a high-fashion model, and who soon turns up dead. Reissue.
#68
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands
1962
Supposed You had Embezzeld 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 to cash in your winning tickets, your employer was there with a cop to arrest you for embezzlement - and to take over your winnings. According to him, the money had always been his and the fact that you had made a lucky bet and intended to replace the money you had "borrowed" wouldn't stop you from going to jail or him from collecting the profits. Would that be cause for murder?
#69
The Case of the Amorous Aunt
1963
From Massachusetts, rich Lorraine Elmore elopes with eye-patch swindler Montrose Dewitt to Arizona, where she sees him bludgeoned to death in the desert, but he dies in a motel bed from her sleeping medicine in his whisky bottle and icepick wounds. Suspicious niece Linda Calhoun, urged by law student fiancé George Latty hires California lawyer Perry Mason.
#70
The Case Of The Stepdaughter's Secret
1963
Harlow Bissenger Bancroft is head of a corporate empire and happily married. None of his lawyers can help him however when a blackmailer threatens his family’s future. After he calls upon Perry Mason for help, the blackmailer is found dead.
#71
The Case Of The Mischievous Doll
1964
Dorrie Ambler suspects madcap heiress Minerva Minden wants a "Patsy", and California lawyer Perry Mason unearths a broken hip hit-and-run on the day in question. The lookalikes both hire and lie to Mason. The car used was stolen for a getaway. For immunity from prosecution, thief Dunleavey Jasper claims Minden shot Ambler.
#72
The Case Of The Phantom Fortune
1964
Horace Warren pays five hundred dollars to have Perry Mason attend a buffet dinner to observe his guests. He also wants Mason to investigate a fingerprint and suspects his wife is being blackmailed. Mrs Warren's mysterious past may hold the clues
#73
The Case of the Horrified Heirs
1964
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 spicy food Lauretta loves with arsenic. Could it be the same someone who tried framing Virginia Baxter for drug smuggling?
Lauretta Trent doesn't trust her greedy heirs. But could a scheming servant be behind a master plan to fleece her estate? It all seems to fit. But when Lauretta is murdered on the highway, all the evidence places Virginia Baxter squarely in the driver's seat. Confused? Just think how Virginia's lawyer, Perry Mason, must feel...
#74
The Case of the Daring Divorcee
1964
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...
#75
The Case of the Troubled Trustee
1965
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? William Morrow and Co.
#76
The Case of the Beautiful Beggar
1966
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. '
#77
The Case Of The Worried Waitress
1966
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.
#78
The Case of the Queenly Contestant
1967
QUEEN...OR KNAVE?
Twenty years ago, Ellen Adair took first prize in a beauty contest. Yet she hides a secret from those glory days. It seems Ellen was involved in an illicit affair with the son of a rich tycoon—a liaison that yielded an illegitimate heir. Now that the father's fortune is up for grabs, Ellen is ready to spill the beans so her son can collect the cash.
But certain other parties—with their eyes on the same multimillion-dollar prize—are out to prove that the so-called "heir" is nothing but a sham. A blackmailing nurse knows the truth, and has the proof. But when she turns up murdered, all eyes turn toward Ellen. Unless Perry Mason can crown the real killer, the queen's throne could turn into a real hot seat...
#79
The Case Of The Careless Cupid
1968
Selma Arlington is engaged to a wealthy widower. His heirs don’t want him to tie the knot. Perry Mason is asked by Selma to prove she is neither a gold digger nor a murderer of her first husband, but incriminating evidence comes to light.
#80
The Case Of The Fabulous Fake
1969
First paperback edition. Pocket Books#75581. states 'FIRST January 1971".
#81
The Case of the Fenced-in Woman
1972
Finding an unwelcome guest in the person of the ex-wife of his dream house's contractor, who claims that the property is half hers, Morley Eden calls upon Perry Mason to resolve a turbulent dispute that is linked to murder.
#82
The Case of the Postponed Murder
1973
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.
#83
The Case Of The Crimson Kiss
1971
THE CASE OF THE CRIMSON KISS,
FINGERS OF FONG,
THE VALLEY OF LITTLE FEARS,
CROOKED LIGHTNING
and AT ARM'S LENGTH
#84
The Case Of The Crying Swallow
1973
He announced himself as Mr. Cash. His calling card was ten crisp hundred-dollar bills!
“My wife has disappeared,” he told Perry Mason. “She’s in trouble of some sort. I want to find her.”
Mr. Cash’s wife was indeed in trouble of a most serious sort. First, her jewelry disappeared. Then she disappeared. Perry Mason had to find her before the police could arrest her –for murder!
#85
The Case of the Irate Witness
1973
Contains four short stories:
The Case of the Irate Witness,
The Jeweled Butterfly,
Something Like a Pelican, and
A Man is Missing.
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Karmiinpunase suudluse juhtum. Pisarais pääsukese juhtum
2001
Karmiinpunase suudluse juhtum
Üks toanaaber läheb kohe-kohe rikkale ilusale mehele. Sõbranna, kes poisiga enne käinud, ei näi pahane olevat – on tal ju jõukas armuke samas majas, kelle ta paraku leiab surnult, punane huulejälg laubal…
Nagu Perry Masoni lugudes tavaline, saabub lahendus alles kohtus.
Pisarais pääsukese juhtum
Häärber Uus-Inglismaal, 19. sajandi väärikust ja häid kombeid täis. Sõjakangelase naine, kes ämmale ei meeldi, läheb kaotsi. Enne varastatakse ehted, mida häärberi räästas elavad pääsukesed hoolega kommenteerivad. Maja lähedal on nähtud rohelist haagist, mis, kui Perry Mason seda otsima läheb, sisaldab tundmatu mehe laipa….
Authors
Erle Stanley Gardner
Author · 123 books
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author of detective stories who also published under the pseudonyms A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Les Tillray, and Robert Parr. Innovative and restless in his nature, he was bored by the routine of legal practice, the only part of which he enjoyed was trial work and the development of trial strategy. In his spare time, he began to write for pulp magazines, which also fostered the early careers of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. He created many different series characters for the pulps, including the ingenious Lester Leith, a "gentleman thief" in the tradition of Raffles, and Ken Corning, a crusading lawyer who was the archetype of his most successful creation, the fictional lawyer and crime-solver Perry Mason, about whom he wrote more than eighty novels. With the success of Perry Mason, he gradually reduced his contributions to the pulp magazines, eventually withdrawing from the medium entirely, except for non-fiction articles on travel, Western history, and forensic science. See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erle\_Sta...
