Erle Stanley Gardner
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An Edgar Award–winning account of miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, 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...
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Cool and Lam mysteries volume 13
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2011
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SHE PLAYED THE ODDS – AND LOST!
When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi – and fast. Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency. Donald tracks down the two women with whom his client claims to have spent the night and the client declares the case closed.
But it’s not. Something about his client’s story doesn’t add...
When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi – and fast. Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency. Donald tracks down the two women with whom his client claims to have spent the night and the client declares the case closed.
But it’s not. Something about his client’s story doesn’t add...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 51
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Stewart Bedford is willing to cooperate with a blackmailer to protect his beloved wife. But when he wakes up in a daze to find the man shot dead with Bedford's gun and his blond escort missing, he'll need some help from defense lawyer Perry Mason...
This mystery 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...
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"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...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 30
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Defense lawyer Perry Mason is surprised to receive two checks from a stranger named Lola Allred. And when he speaks with Lola's husband, he discovers the woman has run off with her daughter's boyfriend-who happens to be an important witness in a lawsuit. Soon Mason's caught up in a complicated case involving not only a missing witness but forgery and murder as well...
This mystery is part of Edgar Award—winning author Erle Stanley Gardner's classic,...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 42
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A tale of two sisters, family fortune, and murder.
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...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 31
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Marilyn Marlow has inherited a good deal of money from her mother. But the money originated with another will-that of her mother's wealthy employer. Now his relatives are contesting the will, and it's Rose Keeling, the key witness to its signing, whose mind they will need to sway.
When Rose is murdered, sleuthing lawyer Perry Mason must navigate a twisted case involving a personal ad that casts a cloud of suspicion over his client, Miss Marlow, in...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 49
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Defense lawyer Perry Mason needs a temporary typist, but the one he hires turns out to be more temporary than expected. When she disappears, leaving a couple of diamonds behind in her haste, Mason winds up taking on a new client: a gem importer in his office building who's been charged with smuggling and murder. But if Mason's going to untangle this case, finding the typist is key...
This mystery is part of Edgar Award—winning author Erle Stanley...
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Three crime classics in one volume starring the defense lawyer who inspired the HBO series.
From the Edgar Award–winning author, these novels from the long-running, multimillion-selling mystery series that inspired the HBO hit starring Matthew Rhys include:
The Case of the Lazy Lover
Perry Mason is surprised to receive two checks from a stranger named Lola Allred. When he speaks with Lola's husband, he discovers the woman has run off with...
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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 Renton went to the warehouse that night because of an urgent call from Edward Harold. They found a man lying on the floor, a bullet through his head. The police were already looking for Cynthia so Terry...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 16
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Perry Mason risks his freedom to prove the innocence of an unidentified client: "Fast-paced . . . the question of whodunit, as always, gets an unexpected answer." -Publishers Weekly
The bait is half of a $10,000 bill, delivered to Perry Mason by a man who promises the second half of the note should his companion, a silent masked woman, ever require the lawyer's services. When a dead body is discovered soon after, Mason feels the hook―but how...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 33
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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.
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...
13) Give 'em the Ax
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First published in the US by Morrow, New York in 1944, now public domain in the US and Canada. The story follows the private investigator duo of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam as they investigate a case involving a missing heir to a fortune. The case takes them to a small town where they encounter a cast of eccentric characters, including a wealthy family, a crooked lawyer, and a group of shady businessmen. As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover...
14) Bats Fly at Dusk
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A hot-headed PI's missing person case leads to murder in this mystery by the creator of Perry Mason and author of Owls Don't Blink.
Bertha Cool and Donald Lam make for an unlikely pair of private detectives. She's a fifty-something-year-old widow built like a longshoreman with a mouth to match. Donald is a wiry ex-lawyer in his thirties with a face that's a magnet for fists. Fortunately, he's whip-smart. His brains have gotten him and his partner...
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Dealing with debtors turns deadly for a prickly PI in this hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason and author of Bats Fly at Dusk.
A hot-headed widow and a glass-jawed ex-lawyer, Bertha Cool and Donald Lam seem like an unlikely duo of private detectives. Even so, they've managed to solve the most difficult of mysteries-when they're together. With Donald now on a European vacation, Bertha is hesitant to accept any new business-but money...
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Following a money trail leads a PI into danger in this hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason and author of Turn on the Heat.
Brainy private detective Donald Lam is always one step ahead of the bad guys-but he's also smaller than them and typically gets beat up. That's why his boss, the ever-irascible Bertha Cool, has hired a martial arts master to teach him self-defense. The first class isn't easy for Donald, but he is rewarded with...
17) Owls Don't Blink
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An odd couple of detectives descends on New Orleans to search for a missing heiress in this hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason.
Bertha Cool is a bulldog of a woman with an attitude to match. Donald Lam is a handsome ex-lawyer who makes up for in brains what he lacks in brawn. Together, they're an unlikely pair of private detectives on a mission to find Roberta Fenn, a missing model and heiress in New Orleans. It's a seemingly...
18) Double or Quits
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The search for stolen jewels and a missing woman yields deadly trouble for an LA detective duo in this hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason.
Side by side, Bertha Cool and Donald Lam make quite the odd couple of private investigators. She's a fifty-something-year-old widow, built like a bulldog, with the personality to match. He's a wiry, ex-lawyer in his thirties with a lightning-quick wit that always helps him out of a jam, including...
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[2017]
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"A talented but overprotective young man has his hands full as trustee of the inheritance of a beautiful blonde but very naive young woman. But his love and her money don't mix. Why would he embezzle a quarter of a million dollars from his client "for her own good?" Perry Mason may be able to prove, in fact, that his client is no embezzler -- but what happens when murder rears its head?" -- from container.