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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.52 EAN: 9780345392251 ISBN: 0345392256 Label: Fawcett Manufacturer: Fawcett Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: May 01, 1995 Publisher: Fawcett Release Date: May 01, 1995 Studio: Fawcett Editorial Review: Product Description: A frantic woman desperate to retain Perry Mason's services suddenly disappears. The only clues are a news clipping about a blackmail case and the combination to a safe. The case is a tangled web involving an eccentric widower, a sexy cigarette girl, a shady real-estate broker, a wife, a lover, and too many loose ends. HC: Morrow. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One of the classicsIf you like the usual whirl with Perry, Della, and Paul, then this is one of the early-1950's classics. Great period feel and just the right touch of LA 50's sleaze to remind you of the grit that the best ESG work can have. Rating:  - Not one of my favoritesI've read quite a few of the Perry Mason books, and this wasn't one of his best. I like the courtroom drama, and that was shorter than usual in this book. There is some interesting interplay between Perry and Della, though. For those who have not read these books, they're a lot of fun, and Perry is quite the dashing bachelor with the dramatic flair in the courtroom that is so much fun to read. Rating:  - A Mystery of Mistaken IdentificationThe `Foreword' is dedicated to Dr. Robert P. Brittain, barrister and doctor of medicine. Harvard Medical School holds a class that covers everything pertaining to murder, from detection to an actual post-mortem. Its purpose is to educate police officers so they can do a better job in detecting criminals. Dr. Brittain is one of the teachers. Whenever an innocent man is convicted it leaves a guilty party free to menace society. [This 1950 book cannot be referencing the Marilyn Sheppard murder.] Read More Rating: - Who's that girl?A client sends over a mysterious retainer and then (apparently) denies being Perry's client. Another man turns up dead, and then another. Perry Mason's fingerprints are all over the case. Della is bemused; Tragg is furious; Perry has to penetrate the mystery to find out what really happened and clear his name. Although Gardners writes as stylishly as ever, the plot is this time slightly thinner than usual. All the same, if you are already a Mason fan or are in the mood for a breezy, fun ... Read More Rating: - The Case of the Anonymous (and Horrified) Client36th Perry Mason Mystery written in 1950. Openings of Mason Mysteries are always strange, but this book's opening is rather unusual. When Mason has a pleasant time at a night club, he receives a phone call from an anonymous woman who urgently asks his help for a seemingly not-so-urgent matter. Mason ordinarily tosses away such an anonymous request, but he is moved by the woman's frantic, horrified tone. At last, Mason traces a highly likely woman, but she stubbornly denies that she called ... Read More |
