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Perry Mason: Seven Complete Novels (Unabridged)
Perry Mason Seven Complete Novels - Unabridged Author:Erle Stanley Gardner The Foot-Loose Doll — Millie Crest is in big trouble. Already framed for embezzlement, Millie could also face a charge of "stolen identity" by posing as Fern Driscoll, a woman who is supposed to have died in a car accident in which Millie was involved. The beleaguered girl has also stabbed seedy private eye Carl ... more »Davis in self-defense--and now Davis is dead. Perry Mason is going to have to work overtime to earn the retainer (all of 38 cents!) given him by poor Millie (or is it poor Fern)?
The Case of The Glamorous Ghost
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 who claims to remember nothing for a mysterious two week period--a period which, it turns out, included the death of her boyfriend, or husband, or exactly what isn't clear. What is clear is that District Attorney Hamilton Burger is sure he's going to win this case. Unfortunately for Mason's track record, Mason suspects that Burger just might be right, this time.
Perry Mason brings in private investigator Paul Drake and tries to find evidence that will clear his client. He finds plenty of evidence all right--including a treasure of jewels hidden in the amnesiac's luggage. Unfortunately, everything he finds seems merely to nail the coffin tighter around beautiful Elanor Corbin. Mason is stumped, and when he can't come up with a case of his own, he starts looking for loose ends in the prosecution case. Still, even the most clever cross-examination can only do so much in an open-and-shut case like this--right?
The Long-Legged Models
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.
The Lucky Loser
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.
The Screaming Woman
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.
The Terrified Typist
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 she's terribly afraid of something, but boy, can she type! Later that day the offices of the South African Gem Importing and Exploration Company, located on the same floor as Mason's office, are rifled, and the typist disappears mysteriously -- even before she's finished typing the brief.
So with the introduction of South African diamonds into the case, it isn't long before murder follows, and Mason, assisted by his wonderful secretary Della Street and his private investigator Paul Drake, undertakes the intricate job of solving THE CASE OF THE TERRIFIED TYPIST.
The Waylaid Wolf
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 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.« less