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The Case of the Irate Witness
by Erle Stanley GardnerThe Case of the Irate Witness," the mystery which is the star of this collection of 4 novelettes, is the only one that the incomparable Erle Stanley Gardner ever wrote featuring Perry Mason in short story form. Each of the stories revolves around the subject of stolen jewels and each story is a gem in itself. Includes: The Case of the Irate Witness The Jeweled Butterfly Something Like a Pelican A Man is Missing
The Case of the Crying Swallow
by Erle Stanley GardnerThe `Publisher's Note' says this was published after Erle Stanley Gardner's death in 1970. It contains a Perry Mason novelette and three short stories. Two predate the Perry Mason series. Contains THE CASE OF THE CRYING SWALLOW THE CANDY KID THE VANISHING CORPSE THE AFFAIR OF THE RELUCTANT WITNESS
The Case of the Buried Clock
by Erle Stanley GardnerA returning war veteran stumbles across a buried clock that is apparently keeping sidereal time. A murder victim is found in a rural area where, it seems, all the neighbors go out for walks at night.
The Case of the Crooked Candle
by Erle Stanley GardnerA key element in a complicated story of a body found on a beached boat is acandle that stands at a steep angle. "The details of the boat grounded at low tide with a corpse in the cabin are superbly handled, and the rest of the story--motives and characters--is both believable and reasonably straightforward.... (It) is an absolutely first-rate job."
Motion to Dismiss
by Jonnie JacobsSan Francisco defense attorney Kali O'Brien's newest case is casting doubt on the one principle she cherishes most--the absolute dead certainty that her client is telling the truth. Grady Barrett, a wealthy computer magnate married to Kali's best friend, has been arraigned in the rape of Deirdre McPhearson, a Bay Area single mother. Despite his pleas of innocence, Kali's instinct tells her that Barrett may be as guilty as sin. Then Deirdre plunges to her death from a second-story balcony. A tragic accident? Or cold-blooded murder? Now, bound to a client she is afraid to trust, Kali soon finds her own life in jeopardy unless she can outwit a murderer who's determined to win in this diabolical game ... at any cost.
The Case of the Drowning Duck
by Erle Stanley GardnerPerry Mason and Della Street are on a vacation in Palm Springs when a wealthy businessman asks for advice about his daughter's boyfriend, a chemist who drowns ducks and becomes a murder suspect.
Ancient Greece
by Robert PayneA history of Greece from its founding to the advent of Philip of Macedon. Covers all aspects of Greek life, philosophy and literature.
The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret
by Erle Stanley GardnerBlackmail leads to murder on a yacht and a cash-filled purse on the bottom of the ocean weighted down with a gun.
The Case of the Shapely Shadow
by Erle Stanley GardnerA secretary, convinced her boss is being blackmailed, hires Perry Mason to secure evidence. But when her boss is found murdered, she needs him to defend her on murder charges.
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
by Erle Stanley GardnerA woman defends herself from date rape by stealing his car. When her would-be rapist is found dead, Perry Mason defends her on the murder charge and does some spectacular misdirection with the evidence.
The Case of the Lucky Loser
by Erle Stanley GardnerPerry Mason defends a man previously convicted of killing a man with an automobile while intoxicated. When the body is found to have been killed with a gun, Perry Mason argues double jeopardy as a plea, but eventually clears his client of all crimes.
The Case of the Demure Defendant
by Erle Stanley GardnerA woman confesses to murder during a therapy session, and her doctor consults Perry Mason as to the legal ramifications. Later Perry Mason defends the woman in court.
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
by Erle Stanley GardnerPerry Mason defends the daughter of a man convicted of armed robbery who first loses her trailer, all her clothes and her diary.
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
by Erle Stanley GardnerWhen young Steffanie Malden, recently widowed by the death of her husband, the very successful surgeon Summerfield Malden, consults Perry Mason, she wants the $100,000 her husband and nurse hid from his wife and the IRS in a love nest, but changes priorities when the authorities prosecute her for murder.
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands
by Erle Stanley Gardner[from the back cover] "She was a stunning brunette, in a frightful hurry, and obviously keyed to a high pitch. She handed Perry Mason five $100 pari-mutuel tickets on Dough Boy, who'd run in the third that day, and asked Perry to collect--if the horse had won. She hadn't stayed to find out.... The horse not only won, it paid over eighteen thousand dollars. But as Mason was checking the take, the long arm of the law reached out, claiming that the bet had been made with embezzled funds.... From then on events race down a fast track to a sizzling trial scene that will have you shouting at the rail!"