Perry Mason Series by Erle Stanley Gardner

3.93 · 94 ratings
  • The Case of the Velvet Claws (Perry Mason #1)
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    The Case of the Velvet Claws (Perry Mason #1)

    Erle Stanley Gardner

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 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... more

  • The Case of the Sulky Girl (Perry Mason #2)
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    The Case of the Sulky Girl (Perry Mason #2)

    Erle Stanley Gardner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1933

    Unable to marry due to a stipulation in her late father's will--which states that she will lose his millions if she does wed--headstrong Frances hires Perry Mason to get around the clause, and soon he ends up solving a family murder.

  • The Case of the Howling Dog (Perry Mason #4)
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    The Case of the Howling Dog (Perry Mason #4)

    Erle Stanley Gardner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 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 hound that's driving Cartright crazy. But Perry doesn't realize just how crazy until he meets his client's neighbor. Clinton Foley says Cartright is barking up the wrong tree with his canine com plaint -- and swears that the man is dangerously insane to boot... more

  • The Case of the Curious Bride (Perry Mason #5)
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    The Case of the Curious Bride (Perry Mason #5)

    Erle Stanley Gardner

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 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 now Moxley has turned up alive and well…. with plans to pocket the Montaine fortune—or else make Rhoda’s bigamy public. Desperate to protect the good name of Montaine, Rhoda seeks out Perry Mason. But before Mason can reel in Moxley, somebody murders the scheming blackmailer... more

  • The Case of the Perjured Parro (Perry Mason #14)
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    The Case of the Perjured Parro (Perry Mason #14)

    Erle Stanley Gardner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1939

    This series combines the three most popular genres in Large Print -- mystery, romance and western. With four titles in each genre fans will always have a supply of pleasure reading. Durable and lightweight, these softcovers are ideal for library outreach use.Did wealthy Fremont Sabin divorce his wife before his untimely death? That's the multi-million-dollar question. And the right answer will mean a windfall for either the dead man's angry son or his headstrong widow... more

  • The Case of the Rolling Bones (Perry Mason #15)
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    The Case of the Rolling Bones (Perry Mason #15)

    Erle Stanley Gardner

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 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... more

  • The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (Perry Mason #28)
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    The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (Perry Mason #28)

    Erle Stanley Gardner

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 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.

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