Crime Fiction ABC: Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Crime Fiction ABC: Authors, Books and Characters


Erle Stanley Gardner: Novels and story collections

The Case of the Velvet Claws Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1933 A Perry Mason novel. "Thanks to a bungled robbery at a fancy hotel, the already-married Eva Griffin has been caught in the company of a prominent congressman. To protect the politico, Eva's ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid his hush money. But Perry Mason has other plans. He tracks down the phantom fat cat who secretly runs the blackmailing tabloid - only to discover a shocking scoop. By the time Mason's comely client finally comes clean, her husband has taken a bullet in the heart. Now Perry Mason has two choices: represent the cunning widow in her wrangle for the dead man's money - or take the rap for murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Sulky Girl Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1933 A Perry Mason novel. "Frances Celane has good reason to pout. Thanks to a provision in her late father's will administered by her uncle, she's caught in the middle of a family feud between matrimony and money. If she chooses marriage, she loses a million. But beautiful young Frances has a strong will of her own she's not afraid to use. One way or another, she means to hear wedding bells and cash registers making beautiful music together. Her first move: hire Perry Mason to orchestrate things. Unfortunately, stubbornness runs in Frances Celane's family, as Mason discovers when he confronts her Uncle Edward. After Perry's powers of persuasion fail to penetrate Norton's hard head, someone decides the only way of cashing in is by bashing in the uncooperative uncle's skull. But when the blood spills, so do the secrets. Then it's Mason's turn to brood, as he tries to figure out if a girl as pretty as his client could have a hand in something so ugly."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Lucky Legs Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1934 A Perry Mason novel. "Unfortunately, Marjorie Clune's legs are not as lucky as they first appear-when movie promoter Frank Patton's hype clears, it's obvious his "lucky legs" contest and the movies that were supposed to follow was a fraud. When Patton is found with Marjorie's lover's knife in his chest, Perry Mason must exonerate the young woman and find the real killer."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Howling Dog Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1934 A Perry Mason novel. "Arthur Cartwright insists on seeing Perry Mason about his neighbor's constantly howling dog. When Mason gets a district attorney to issue a warning to the neighbor, Clinton Foley, Foley claims that Cartwright is insane. Mason nearly starts to believe him when Cartwright draws up a will leaving everything to Foley's wife. That's why he pays a visit to Clinton Foley's house, where he finds a missing wife, a poisoned dog, and a corpse."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Curious Bride Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1934 A Perry Mason novel. "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. In a case that abounds in lethal twists, Perry Mason suddenly finds himself on a collision course with a cold-blooded killer."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Counterfeit Eye Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1935 A Perry Mason novel. "Wealthy businessman Hartley Bassett has killed himself. There's a typewritten suicide note and three guns lying near his body. But for Perry Mason, that's evidence overkill. He knows there has been trouble in Bassett’s life. His wife wants out, his stepson hates him, an embezzler can't pay him back - and there's the man with a glass eye who hired Perry Mason even before his glass eye went missing and was found in the hands of the deceased. There are too many suspects and too many lies. But leave it to Mason, his resourceful secretary, Della Street, and clever detective Paul Drake to their wits about them and their wiles tucked away, as they piece together the missing parts of this fatal family puzzle."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Caretaker's Cat Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1935 A Perry Mason novel. "In his will, Peter Laxter guaranteed his faithful caretaker a job and a place to live… for life. But Laxter’s grandson Sam says the deal doesn’t include the caretaker’s cat—and he wants the feline off the premises by hook, crook… or poison. When Perry Mason takes the case, he quickly finds there’s much more at stake than an old man’s cat—a million dollars or more to be exact."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Clew of the Forgotten Murder Carleton Kendrake William Morrow 1935 Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner and with 'Clue' instead of 'Clew'.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

This Is Murder Charles J. Kenny William Morrow 1935 Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1936 A Perry Mason novel. "Peter Kent was known to be a sleepwalker. So when Philip Rease turns up dead at a house party and a bloody knife is found under Kent's pillow, it seems like an open-and-shut case. But there are people who'd like to see both Kent and Rease out of the way for their own nefarious reasons, and Perry Mason finds himself in a case fill of twists and traps."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1936 A Perry Mason novel. "Julia Branner claims her millionaire father-in-law forced her to give up her baby girl for adoption years before. When a woman appears claiming to be her long-lost daughter, Julia insists she is a fake after the family fortune. As events take a sinister turn Julia calls in Perry Mason."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Dangerous Dowager Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1937 A Perry Mason novel. "When Matilda Benson solicits the help of Perry Mason, her request seems simple enough: cruise to a gambling ship moored just beyond the twelve-mile limit and buy back the IOUs signed by Miss Benson's niece. But after Mason reaches the floating casino, he discovers problems aplenty -- most notably the ship's owner with a bullet hole through his head. Strangely enough, Matilda and her niece are also on board that night . . . when someone tosses a gun over the railing. Does Perry Mason's client have something to hide?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Lame Canary Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1937 A Perry Mason novel. "The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles straightforward divorce cases, but this one is an especially strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister’s ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who’s got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita’s beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband’s designs, Prescott hatches a plan to prey on them all - by suing for big profit. For Mason, this case should be a lark. But when a murdered man is found in the Prescott home –and a nosy neighbor sings an incriminating song about illicit love and a hidden gun-legal eagle Mason suddenly finds himself defending a sitting duck."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The D.A. Calls it Murder Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1937 A Doug Selby novel. "The little clergyman had died peacefully in bed in the Madison Hotel. But Douglas Selby, recently elected District Attorney, suspected there was more to this death than meets the eye, and soon knew that something was definitely wrong. So Doug finds himself faced not only with a wily murderer, but with virulence from a hostile press, reluctant witnesses, and a film star unwilling to explain why she was on the spot."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Murder Up My Sleeve Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1937 A Terry Clane novel. "Jacob Mandra had a million-dollar apartment on the fringe of Chinatown ... and a reputation. Early one morning they found him dead. And a few hours later Terry Clane found himself in the District Attorney's office - by request. The District Attorney began asking strange questions that Terry Clane didn't care to answer, and when Terry finally sailed out of the D.A.'s office he realised that he and some of his friends were involved in the Mandra murder ... up to their necks."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Substitute Face Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1938 A Perry Mason novel. "While enjoying a leisurely ocean cruise in the company of secretary Della Street, Perry Mason is approached by passenger who is worried about the wellbeing of her husband. Not long afterward, her husband is seen jumping off the ship, an apparent suicide--but when the body is recovered, it turns out that he was shot. Accused of murder, the wide puts her fate in the hands of Perry, who in the course of piecing things together unearths the fact that the husband had once accepted a huge bribe while serving on a jury. The case takes many shocking twists and turns before revealing its surprising conclusion."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1938 A Perry Mason novel. "After her wealthy Aunt Sarah is caught shoplifting, Virginia Trent suspects kleptomania. Some valuable diamonds left in Sarah’s care go missing and Virginia turns to Perry Mason. When the gem dealer is murdered however and Sarah is seen running from the crime scene, the old lady becomes the chief suspect."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The D.A. Holds a Candle Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1938 A Doug Selby novel. "Douglas Selby, the ambitious young District Attorney of the territory around Madison City, had up before him a young man guilty of embezzling a comparatively small sum of money which he had spent gambling. Selby could have locked him up - and perhaps ruined his life. But he wanted to find the how and the why of this otherwise law-abiding young man's gambling. Selby's investigations led him to a hit-and-run motorcycle accident, to blackmail, and to the doorstep of DeWitt Stapleton, the local big-wig, who ran things in that part of the country by and for himself."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Perjured Parrot Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1939 A Perry Mason novel. "The only witness to a millionaire’s murder is a parrot that keeps repeating phrases that may identify the killer."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Rolling Bones Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1939 A Perry Mason novel. "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. But when John is murdered - with Leeds's fingerprints found all over the apartment - Perry Mason must crack a baffling case before his client bumps from the nut house to the jail house."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Bigger They Come A.A. Fair William Morrow 1939 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "The killer was guilty without a shred of doubt. The police had him behind bars. The district attorney had plenty of evidence. But - no court in the state could convict him! The Bigger They Come features that fast-moving, skull-cracking team: Bertha Cool, a two-hundred pound 'lady' who uses the language of a longshoreman. And Donald Lam, a pint-sized process server who would have been in the morgue long ago except that he can think faster than the next man ... or woman."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The D.A. Draws a Circle Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1939 A Doug Selby novel. "The murdered man had been shot - twice. Either bullet could have caused the death. D.A. Doug Selby had both the bullets and one of the guns. On that gun were the fingerprints of Pete Ribber, a known criminal. The other bullet was from a different - and missing - gun. Which bullet had caused the death? That was the D.A.'s problem. Because there's no law against firing a bullet into a corpse."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Baited Hook Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1940 A Perry Mason novel. "Who was that masked woman? That's not the only question plaguing the perpetually inquiring mind of Perry Mason. Did the wealthy Fremont C. Sabin divorce his wife before his untimely death? That's the multimillion-dollar question. And the right answer will mean a windfall for either the dead man's angry son or headstrong widow. Each has accused the other of destroying Sabin's will—and murdering Sabin. But with no document declaring who the affable eccentric intended to leave his fortune to, Perry Mason faces a particularly prickly puzzle."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Silent Partner Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1940 A Perry Mason novel. "Successful florist Mildred Faulkner finds that the flower business is no bed of roses when arch-competitor Harry Peavis secretly buys stock in her small, family-owned business. To keep from being muscled out of her own company, Mildred goes to Perry Mason. But the legal eagle is stymied when Mildred's company is plundered by her brother-in-law to pay off gambling debts. The money trail leads to a nightclub hostess and her boss. When both are found dead, the trail of evidence leads back to Mildred."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Turn on the Heat A.A. Fair William Morrow 1940 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Strange bedfellows can be political poison, and the candidate had picked himself a dilly. She was ruthless and corrupt and had enough on him to smear his shining armour with front page mud. Donald Lam and Bertha Cool told him not to worry. Women were Donald's speciality, the more dangerous the better. But when the lovely lady turned up dead, the case took an ugly twist. Suddenly Lam and Cool were in the middle of a red-hot race where bullets, not ballots, counted."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Gold Comes in Bricks A.A. Fair William Morrow 1940 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "How did Donald Lam get all the dames? He was just a brainy little guy, but he had the damnedest way with women ... The blondes melted like wax. "You're the first guy who's given me a break" said one. "Kiss me." Lam kissed her. "To hell with that stuff," she said. "Really kiss me." She was only the first - but even the busiest lady's man has to take time out for murder, especially when he's been too chummy with a corpse and the cops are out for blood ... his blood."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The D.A. Goes to Trial Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1940 A Doug Selby novel. "The case started with a corpse. Nobody knew who he was. Next, a man named John Burke disappeared. But D.A. Doug Selby could not find his body. Then Mrs Burke swore that the corpse and her missing husband were one and the same man. This should have solved both mysteries. All it did was run the D.A. up two different trees. Sure, the faces of the dead man and John Burke were exactly the same. The only trouble was that their fingerprints were different! Impossible? That's what Doug Selby thought too - until the killer struck again."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Haunted Husband Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1941 A Perry Mason novel. "Aspiring actress Stephane Olger just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots instead when she gets herself caught up in a crime. Shortly after quitting her job and moving to Hollywood, she is picked up by a well-dressed man while hitchhiking. The man loses control of the car and they end up in a horrible accident. Both Stephane and the driver escape unscathed but the strange man flees the scene leaving Stephane to face a charge of manslaughter. Stephane’s rich uncle hires Perry Mason to defend her and he and the private detective, Paul Drake, immediately start gathering evidence. It turns out that the car, of course, was stolen, and belongs to a Hollywood producer who has been in contact with the mystery man who is from San Francisco. It’s up to Perry Mason to find the truth behind a suspicious scenario starring a menacing movie mogul, a hoodwinked housewife, and a man no one has ever seen—alive!."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Empty Tin Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1941 A Perry Mason novel. "A spanking-new tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Mrs. Florence Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck of food - but it does carry one very damning clue to a murder that took place right next door. Such an unsavory discovery in such an unlikely place can't help but pique the curiosity of a dedicated mystery hunter like Perry Mason. But the real mystery about this murder is who - and where - is the victim? Upstairs neighbor Elston A. Karr heard the telltale sounds of foul play, but his foul temperament (and his own dark secrets) make him most uncooperative. It takes a second murder to clear up the mystery of the missing body - and to make Perry Mason the next prime candidate to disappear."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Spill the Jackpot! A.A. Fair William Morrow 1941 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Bertha Cool has just been released from a sanitarium where she has been recovering from flu and pneumonia, but soon she and Donald Lam are on the hunt for a missing bride-to-be. They become tangled in case filled with slot-machine skullduggery, a double-crossing client, murder and a spot of financial finagling before they eventually achieve their goal."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Double or Quits A.A. Fair William Morrow 1941 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Dr. Hilton Devarest was a whiz at curing patients, but his private life was sick, sick, sick. He lived with a wife who was as warped as she was repulsive, a secretary who enjoyed fun and games with the doctor every morning before breakfast, a niece who believed nice girls finished nowhere, and a nephew whose only means of support was making women happy. Donal Lam and Bertha Cool got involved with the not-so-good doctor when he hired them to find some stolen jewels. But soon they were in the fight of their lives against a killer who thought murder was the best medicine, and was out to treat them to an overdose of death."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Turning Tide Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1941 A Gramps Wiggins novel. "District Attorney Frank Duryea had more than a simple murder case on his hands. Had someone killed both Addison Stearne and C. Arthur Right and then vanished? Or had it been a murder and a suicide? And, in either case, who died first? A vast fortune depended on the answer. The obvious suspect was Nita Moline, who claimed she discovered the bodies, rushed up on deck and fainted. However, nobody had seen her come aboard. And through the tangled web of evidence, there seemed to be more than one mystery. Fortunately for Frank Duryea, his wife's grandfather - the black sheep of a wild family - came for a visit and got in everybody's way."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Drowning Duck Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1942 A Perry Mason novel. "John L. Witherspoon, a wealthy patrician, is loath to let his daughter marry Marvin Adams, the son of a convicted murderer, something Marvin's mother managed to keep a secret-until now. To set the love-struck lass straight, Witherspoon engages Perry Mason to weigh the twenty-year-old evidence that sent Marvin’s father to the gallows, and prove that the young man is kin to the murdering kind. Reopening the case, however, quickly opens up a can of worms. While Mason dredges the past for new clues, a blackmailer threatens to dredge up the whole sordid affair in the society pages. Then the whistle-blower is done in by a dose of deadly homemade gas, and the damning evidence points to chemistry whiz Marvin. Like father, like son? Like hell, says Mason, who sets out to bird-dog the clever killer who’s trying to turn the young swan into a sitting duck."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Careless Kitten Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1942 A Perry Mason novel. "Perry Mason seeks the link between a poisoned kitten, a murdered man, and a mysterious voice from the past."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Owls Don't Blink A.A. Fair William Morrow 1942 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Roberta Fenn was every man's dream - a clinging climber with photogenic features and a phenomenal body. She had what it took to get what she wanted, and she wanted a lot. But one thing she wasn't looking for was an early grave, and that was where she was heading - unless the redoubtable Bertha Cool and the inimitable Donald Lam jumped in, guessed right, and moved fast to save this bedevilled dream girl from a nightmare of blackmail, double cross and murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Bats Fly at Dusk A.A. Fair William Morrow 1942 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "A cool girl hunt is what the blind man wanted. He was searching for a pretty young woman, soft spoken and slender, whom he'd never seen but knew had vanished, and he was willing to pay Bertha Cool anything to find her. The whole thing seemed impossible and sounded suspicious, but the man's money was right - even if his motives weren't - and given the choice Bertha always followed the dollar sign. Only this time, the dollar sign pointed to murder and fingered Bertha Cool as a red hot suspect."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The D.A. Cooks a Goose Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1942 A Doug Selby novel. "A midnight hit-and-run accident on a mountain road ... a tragic fatality ... the discovery of the missing car ... and Doug Selby, District Attorney of Madison City, finds himself not only up against a most involved case but in the hottest spot of his career. Featuring an absorbing cast of supporting characters, including genial Sheriff Rex Brandon, the sly, suave A.B. Carr, a strange couple from New Orleans who should be cooperative but aren't, and Inez Stapleton, Madison City's only woman lawyer, who finds the going tough when she tries to be both friend and foe of Doug Selby."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Buried Clock Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1943 A Perry Mason novel. "After catching his shady son-in-law, Jack Hardisty, in the act of embezzling, wealthy banker Vincente Blane plans to hang him out to dry. Then murder turns Blane’s restful mountain retreat into Hardisty’s final resting place. When the evidence points to wronged wife Millicent, her father makes a point of calling in Perry Mason. And it’s up to the legendary legal eagle to unravel the case’s most baffling mystery: a buried clock at the murder scene. But as time runs short, the ticking of the clock sounds more and more like the rattling of family skeletons that everyone wants silenced."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1943 A Perry Mason novel. "The death of his wife leaves Banning Clarke, a former successful prospector turned mining magnate, the prey of a host of human predators, including his calculating mother-in-law, and it is up to Perry Mason to keep things on the up and up."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Cats Prowl at Night A.A. Fair William Morrow 1943 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "It was just a routine case. All Bertha Cool had to do was help a fellow in a jam - a $20,000 jam. But it didn't stay a routine case for long. All of a sudden Bertha's client had a fistful of anonymous letters, a missing wife, and a body in his basement. Bertha Cool had her hands full. The only problem was, her hands were tied - and the murderer's were very, very busy."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Smoking Chimney Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1943 A Gramps Wiggins novel. "A crafty businessman arrives incognito in a small town, where he takes up residence at a cabin. Using another name he starts buying up property. When he is found dead in his mountain cabin there is no shortage of suspects. Amateur detective Gramps Wiggins has to piece together the clues."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Crooked Candle Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1944 A Perry Mason novel. "An insurance claim after a traffic accident alerts Perry Mason to the possibility of double-dealing concerning a parcel of land. He negotiates a very large settlement for his client, but then a wealthy businessman is found dead on his yacht and Perry is asked to defend against a charge of murder the man who paid the money to settle the insurance claim. Beautifully presented with striking artwork and stylish yet easy-to-read type, avid readers of crime will love reading this gripping, well-written thriller."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1944 A Perry Mason novel. "She was a good-looking blonde and fighting mad when she came to Perry Mason's office. She wanted mason to take action against her employer's stepson, a particularly obnoxious young man who had knocked her down when she resisted his advances. Perry was sympathetic. he took action at once - and got $1,500.00 for Diana and a $500.00 fee for himself. Case dismissed. But the very next night, the girl who shared Diana's apartment was found murdered. At the scene of the crime, the police found two vital clues: the murder weapon, a pistol covered with Diana's fingerprints, and her bag containing a receipt for his services, signed 'Perry Mason per Della Street'."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Give 'em the Ax A.A. Fair William Morrow 1944 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "The Rimley Rendezous was a back-street bistro where a tired businessman could drop in for a pick-up, no questions asked. The cover charge was steep, Blackmail was the major part of the tab. It was a lucrative business—until a murderer cut into the profits...and left his weapon in Donald Lam’s car."

The D.A. Calls a Turn Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1944 A Doug Selby novel. "The case began with a phone call from a drunken car thief who wanted to be arrested. Then the stolen car was wrecked and the dead driver identified as Desmond Billmeyer, prominent businessman. 'The facts just don't add up,' said District Attorney Doug Selby. 'Why would a wealthy man dress like a hobo? And more important was it Mr. Billmeyer who called?...This looks like murder!'."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Golddigger's Purse Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1945 A Perry Mason novel. "In order to help her seriously ill boyfriend, gorgeous Sally Madison sets out to separate wealthy Harrington Faulkner from some of his money by offering him a cure for his ailing exotic fish, but her plan goes awry when the fish mysteriously vanish and Faulkner turns up dead."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1945 A Perry Mason novel. "In the dead of night, a thick fog lies over the black waters. You are aboard a fancy yacht full of fancy people who loathe one another. Suddenly you hear… A scream! A splash! A shot! The fateful cry, “Man Overboard!” And the next thing you know, you find yourself clutching a beautiful woman wearing only a flimsy nightgown. In her hands she holds a gun. That’s the predicament in which Perry Mason suddenly finds himself. But that’s only the beginning. Things happen speedily and this woman finds herself in a court of law accused of murder. Perry Mason is the only person in the world to believe that she is innocent. So what does the grateful woman do? She fires him. Things are not as they seem."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Borrowed Brunette Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1946 A Perry Mason novel. "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."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Crows Can't Count A.A. Fair William Morrow 1946 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Shirley was sultry, sexy, smashing - a sweet young thing to make a sugar daddy’s mouth water. This luscious lass loved pretty baubles, so no wonder men showered her with jewels. But when a deluge of emeralds turned into a reign of terror, Shirley needed someone to bail her out. That brought Bertha Cool and Donald Lam into the act, as the indomitable detective duo discovered that emeralds could be a girl’s worst enemy when they carried a price tag of murder."

The D.A. Breaks a Seal Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1946 A Doug Selby novel. "Doug Selby, Madison City's ex-DA is at the Madison Hotel on leave. When a Kansas lawyer called Roff drinks a coffee laced with cyanide Selby becomes involved. A mystery blonde and Carr, the defence counsel, complicate the mystery further."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Backward Mule Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1946 A Terry Clane novel. "Chow Koh Koh was a Chinese philosopher who rode his mule backwards. He claimed it made no difference where he was going. All that counted was what he did along the way. Terry Clane thought this a serene and comforting way of life. He liked it so much that he bought a small statue of Chow Koh Koh riding his mule, and gave it to his fiancée as a gift. That was Clane's mistake. Instead of a good luck symbol, it proved an omen of evil. For within a short time, Clane's favourite young lady was up to her neck in murder. And Clane's beloved statue of the peaceful and fatalistic Chow Koh Koh was covered with the blood of the killer's victim!."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1947 A Perry Mason novel. "Perry Mason has his hands full when, two women turn up in his office, each claiming to be the same famous dancer, and a man connected to both women is soon brutally murdered."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Lazy Lover Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1947 A Perry Mason novel. "When Perry Mason receives two mysterious checks from Lola Allred, a woman he's never heard of, he smells trouble. A visit from Lola's husband reveals that she has run away with her daughter's boyfriend - a key witness in an ongoing lawsuit. The mystery deepens when the bank finds that one of the checks is forged. Yet when homicide finally does rear its head, even the unexpected victim isn't as surprised as Perry Mason."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Fools Die on Friday A.A. Fair William Morrow 1947 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Death gave its warning in the form of a luscious brunette. She walked into the office of Donald Lam and Bertha Cool, calmly announced that her employer was about to be killed, and paid them a healthy fee to keep the boss alive. For Cool this case meant cold cash. For Lam it meant warm curves. But before long it meant murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Two Clues Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1947 Two Sheriff Bill Eldon novellas The Clue of the Runaway Blonde (originally published in The Country Gentleman in 1945 as Clues Don't Count) and The Clue of the Hungry Horse. Some later publications omitted the Two Clues title and just used the titles of the two stories as the book title.

The Case of the Lonely Heiress Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1948 A Perry Mason novel. "It appears that Marilyn Marlow inherited a small fortune from her mother, who got the sum from her wealthy employer. But now the old man's relatives are contesting the will, putting Marilyn on shaky ground. Whoever sways Rose Keeling, the key witness to the signing of the will, is sure to be the victor. Enter the personal ad. Marilyn intends to find Rose a Mr. Right in order to get the goods on her. But when Rose is murdered, Perry Mason sets out to find a gentleman caller who had a date with death."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Vagabond Virgin Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1948 A Perry Mason novel. "Platinum blonde, Veronica Dale, is arrested on a charge of vagrancy, yet she has a hotel reservation in her name. Addison, head of a department store, booked the room for her and is now being blackmailed. Perry Mason can’t decide who is hiding what and then comes murder and one of Mason’s toughest trial scenes."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The D.A. Takes a Chance Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1948 A Doug Selby novel. "Blond Eve Dawson came to Hollywood to be a star and didn't make the grade. But as a party girl she was much in demand - until someone shot her during a wild party given for a lot of prominent politicians. Everyone clammed up and pressure was brought to bear - even on popular D.A. Doug Selby. But Selby and Sheriff Brandon wouldn't hush. The next time beautiful Eve turned up she was a corpse with a carving knife deep in her chest. And even that suave old fox A.B. Carr couldn't stop the D.A. from finding out who killed her and why."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1949 A Perry Mason novel. "Worrying that his fortune-hunting ex-wife may attempt to invalidate their Mexican divorce, wealthy businessman Edward Garvin seeks Perry Mason's help in outwitting her plot to scam him out of his company."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Cautious Coquette Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1949 A Perry Mason novel. "When Perry Mason and Paul Drake ran the ad, all they were hoping for was a clue to the identity of a hit-and-run driver. The first reply looked suspicious. It said that the license number of the wanted car was written down in the notebook of a woman who could be out of her apartment from two to five on a certain afternoon, and a key to the apartment was enclosed. …. From the very first time Perry met the voluptuous blonde, Lucille Barton, she pitched him trouble. She lied about her past, about her many marriages, about her gun, and about her boyfriends. Then the murders began. And the cops turned up with evidence which pointed clearly to one person as the killer—Perry Mason!."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Bedrooms Have Windows A.A. Fair William Morrow 1949 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "It started as a routine tail - shadowing an oily hustler who'd been courting a well-healed matron. But the assignment soon led Donald Lam to a sleazy hotel room with a sexy barfly. And now she's left him high and dry with a pair of corpses dumped in his lap. Suddenly he's the cops' prime suspect. And it'll take some fancy footwork to sidestep the law - and the real killer, who intends to leave Bertha Cool partnerless."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The D.A. Breaks an Egg Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1949 A Doug Selby novel. "D.A. Doug Selby was in trouble again. An enticing redhead had been murdered; the county newspaper, The Blade, was after his neck; he had an unsolved jewellery theft on his hands and that sly, unscrupulous attorney A.B. Carr was running circles around him. Selby knew that somehow or other all four of his troubles were tied up in one explosive bundle. But how could he open the bundle ... without setting off more murder?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Negligent Nymph Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1950 A Perry Mason novel. "She pulled herself out of the water and into a canoe and gasped, 'I don't know who you are ... but you'd better paddle like hell!' Flashlights appeared on the shore. Someone shouted 'There she is!' but Perry Mason was doing as he was told for a change, paddling into the night, with a strange girl, towards the hottest water he had ever been in. By morning, Mason was in all the papers - wanted for robbery. By afternoon, he had a second client - in jail. Then murder arrived and he was precipitated into the tensest battle of his career."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the One-Eyed Witness Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1950 A Perry Mason novel. "Perry Mason is dining peacefully at the Golden Goose cafe when he receives a mysterious phone call. The frantic woman on the other end of the line is desperate to retain Mason's services, but suddenly vanishes during their cryptic phone conversation. The only clues: a newspaper clipping about a blackmail case, and the combination to a safe scrawled on a scrap of paper. The case: a tangled web indeed, strung between an eccentric widower with something to hide, a sexy cigarette girl with plenty to cry about, a real-estate broker with his own home on the selling block, a wife, a lover, and too many loose ends. The common denominator: murder, of course."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Musical Cow Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1950 Originally published in installments in Collier's as The Case of the Smuggler's Bell. "Rob Trenton, an American dog trainer by profession, makes a tour of Paris and Switzerland with fellow passengers from his ship. Artist Linda Carroll arouses his curiosity. Strange Merton Ostrander joins them for the return. When New York Customs search Rob for contraband after a fake tip-off, Rob’s life turns upside down."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Fiery Fingers Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1951 A Perry Mason novel. "Poker-faced Nellie Conway, the nurses bed-ridden Elizabeth Bain, brings trouble when she calls on Perry Mason with a glass phial containing four pills which she suspects are poison. Her employer, Nathan Bain, she says, had promised her money to give them to his wife. But when Mason has one of the pills analyzed it is found to consist of acetylsalicylic – in other words good old-fashioned aspirin. IS Perry Mason’s client a hoaxer, a psychopath or something trickier. Nathan Bain’s next move is to accuse Nellie of theft and provide proof by shining ultra-violet light on her fingers. The case which began like a joke suddenly becomes sinister. Perry gets his client out of this spot but trails her to Orleans where he has a hard job disentangling fact from theory on the subject of Mrs. Bain."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Angry Mourner Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1951 A Perry Mason novel. "When notorious playboy Arthur Cushing is murdered, Belle Adrian suspects that her daughter, Carlotta, is the killer, and Carlotta suspects her mother of the crime."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1952 A Perry Mason novel. "Perry Mason orders a double serving of trouble the night he and Della Street dine at an intimate restaurant after a hard day at law. In the middle of their steaks a waitress flees the premises in terror, leaving the puzzled proprietor holding her mink coat. Why a humble working girl abandons such a pricey wrap is only the first question in a cop-killer case that traps Mason's client with both an impossible story and the murder weapon, makes Perry himself a prime suspect, and blazes a gunpowder trail that leads straight to the heart of the police department itself."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Grinning Gorilla Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1952 A Perry Mason novel. "Helen Cadmus was dead - But how had it happened? Suicide, most people said. She jumped off that millionaire’s yacht in a fit of despair, her body was never found, and the case was closed. The story was too neat to suit Perry Mason. It didn’t add up. Somebody was concealing the truth about Helen’s death, and he was going to uncover it even if it killed him. That’s how Mason fell into a trap set by three killers - two humans and one grinning gorilla!."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Top of the Heap A.A. Fair William Morrow 1952 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "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. But his client's story doesn't add up, and soon Lam's uncovered a mining scam, an illegal casino, and a double homicide... And a chance for an enterprising private eye to make a small fortune - if he can just stay alive long enough to cash in on it!"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Hesitant Hostess Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1953 A Perry Mason novel. "Perry Mason defends a penniless ex-salesman accused of armed robbery, confident that the eyewitness testimony of a nightclub hostess will clear him, but when his star witness goes AWOL, the case takes a deadly turn."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1953 A Perry Mason novel. "Perry Mason was retained to protect the interests of the Bain family, who were being blackmailed with an audio confession of a crime they didn't commit. Mason manages to erase the recording right out from under their nose, but then finds himself defending Hattie Bain on a murder charge. Mason's courtroom dramatics hit a high note when he produces a theory which changes the time of death, and puts an witness with an seemingly unshakeable alibi on the hot seat. Then the theory is collaborated with evidence overlooked by the police, and all hell is raised with the prosecutions theory of the case."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Some Women Won't Wait A.A. Fair William Morrow 1953 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Mira Woodford was a beautiful girl who believed that the best things in life were expensive. She bartered her youthful charms for the rewards of being an old man's bride, and her investment paid off in millions when she suddenly became his widow. When Bertha Cool sent Donald Lam to find out if Mira's kisses had turned to poison for the rich little poor girl's late husband, one look at Mira made Donald eager to see for himself how deadly her embrace really was. But though Mira was lovely and willing, her past was ugly and threatening - and when passion and blackmail went hand in hand, murder could not be far behind."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Fugitive Nurse Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1954 A Perry Mason novel. "The affairs of her husband - financial and otherwise - are what concern Steffanie Malden. The young and stunning bride of a prominent physician killed in a private plane crash, the widow Malden stands to inherit more than just a sizable estate. Unfortunately, she's also the unwilling heir to an IRS investigation. It appears that the deceased was squirreling away a king's ransom in undeclared cash - with the able assistance of his head nurse and secret paramour, Gladys Foss. Mrs. Malden wants Mason to flush out Miss Foss and recover the AWOL income - without trouble from the taxman. But when she's suddenly charged with engineering her husband's death, the matter turns from the monetary to the murderous. Stuck in the middle, Mason must match wits with both sides of the law, to find out just who got the doctor slaughtered."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Runaway Corpse Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1954 A Perry Mason novel. "Perry Mason is hired to track down a letter implicating his client with the murder of her husband, but when the corpse turns up alive only to die again en route to the county line, Mason is determined to crack the case."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Restless Redhead Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1954 A Perry Mason novel. "Evelyn Bagby has ambition, bad luck – and red hair. When she is caught with stolen diamonds is looks like an airtight case. But Perry Mason believes she has been set up. Then comes news of another crime and Mason finds the charge against his client is murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Glamorous Ghost Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1955 A Perry Mason novel. "Though some think they saw a ghost, it was a real, live woman in the (mostly exposed) flesh flitting through Sierra Vista Park. Eleanor Corbin has a taste for trouble—and a talent for getting out of it using the most outrageous means to cover her tracks. Now her scandalized half-sister, Olga, fears Eleanor may be using lascivious antics to camouflage more larcenous acts. Enter Perry Mason—retained by Olga to keep the press at bay while pressing Eleanor for the sordid details of her latest escapade. The glamorous 'ghost' claims she can’t recall anything except eloping with a smooth-talking gambler…and a terrifying car crash. But a hidden cache of precious gems has another story to tell. And so does a murdered corpse that speaks louder than words."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1955 A Perry Mason novel. "The blonde wandering nude at the Remuda Golf Club tells Perry Mason a strange story: While she peacefully sun-bathed near the course, someone made off with her Cadillac, her trailer, and all her belongings--including her precious diary. The woman blames the police, who suspect her of having stashed away nearly half a million dollars allegedly stolen by her father, who is now in prison. She swears that both she and her father are innocent. So who is bankrolling her leisurely lifestyle? Why is she so desperate to find her diary? And who, if not Mason's beautiful client, would murder a key witness? In a virtuoso courtroom performance, Mason exposes the staggering truth."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Nervous Accomplice Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1955 A Perry Mason novel. "Sybil Harlan is aware of her husband’s dalliance with an alluring business associate. Sybil asks Perry Mason to help her sour the real estate deal and win back her errant spouse. Unfortunately a blackmailer gets wind of the scheme and murder takes place."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Terrified Typist Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1956 A Perry Mason novel. "The ever-popular lawyer-cum-sleuth returns in another installment of the original series, struggling to track down a female typist who holds the key to a gem-smuggling operation and a murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Demure Defendant Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1956 A Perry Mason novel. "Lawyer Perry Mason believes Nadine Farr did not poison Mosher Higley. Under truth drug, she confesses to Dr Denair, who brings the tape recording to Perry. As usual, secretary Della Street and PI Paul Drake help, Lt Tragg and DA Burger hinder. Is the killer her fiancé Locke, Higley niece Sue Newburn and hubby Jackson, man of work Cap'n Hugo, or a nurse?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Gilded Lily Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1956 A Perry Mason novel. "The ingredients were quite simple: one middle-aged tycoon with a lovely young wife; one oh-so-apologetic visitor to the tycoon's office; one devoted secretary, graduate of a correspondence course of How to Be a Detective. But when these ingredients were combined and brought to the boil with the addition of one inflammable blonde - the result was murder. And when Perry Mason was called in to clean up the kitchen, he found that too many cooks almost spoiled the broth."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Beware the Curves A.A. Fair William Morrow 1956 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "John Dittmar Ansel walked into the Cool-Lam office and asked them to trace a man named Karl, who, six years before, gave him an idea for a story. Donald Lam - always the suspicious one - immediately smelled a rat. And his nose had not betrayed him: investigation proved that Mr Ansel wasn't a writer at all; and Karl had died by a bullet. Bertha Cool and Donald Lam decided that this was a case worth pursuing, and before long they found they were not the only ones with a vested interest in the six-year-old mystery."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Lucky Loser Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1957 A Perry Mason novel. "The first woman wouldn't even give her name. But the clear, feminine voice faltered considerably over the question of what Perry Mason's charges would be for a day in court - a day doing nothing but listening. The second woman gave a good deal more - but the question was, what did she expect to get? Dorla Balfour, lethally lovely and dangerously rich, forced a $1,000 retainer on Mason to deal with a case already tried and decided. The offense involved appeared to be manslaughter, hit-and-run, but it soon became murder ... with the corpse killed twice."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Screaming Woman Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1957 A Perry Mason novel. "Joan Kirby doesn’t believe her husband’s story about picking up a stranded woman in the middle of the night and dropping her off at a hotel. She asks Perry Mason to cross-examine him. Mason uncovers a much murkier trail involving murder, illegal adoption, stolen narcotics and blackmail."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Daring Decoy Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1957 A Perry Mason novel. "Take a no-holds-barred proxy war for a rich Texas oil company, with Jerry Conway, its young president, fighting for survival. Add a beautiful woman in a mudpack and not much else who gives up a freshly fired .38 to Conway before she shows him the door. Top it off with the body of another young woman with a bullet in her chest fired by the same gun, and you have the recipe for the perfect murder - and the perfect frame-up. Perry Mason has two problems. His client, Jerry Conway, is the prime suspect. And Perry himself is the accused accessory."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

You Can Die Laughing A.A. Fair William Morrow 1957 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "A beautiful heiress is missing, and a husband, but not her husband, is looking for her. Texan Lawton Corning is determined to find Yvonne Wells, and hires Bertha Cool and Donald Lam to track her down. She has had a spat with her husband, and the neighbours tell Donald Lam what they heard the night Mrs Wells went missing. But then she turns up again, and the mystery deepens."

Some Slips Don't Show A.A. Fair William Morrow 1957 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "One morning Barclay Fisher awakes in the apartment of a beautiful woman. He is threatened with blackmail - and he is pretty sure his wife will never understand. Hence his pitiful appeal to Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Bertha smells money, and Donald heads for San Francisco. There he has quite a time with the glamorous 'other woman', a disconcerting and hilarious encounter with modern art, and a very nasty turn when he finds the body."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Long-Legged Models Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1958 A Perry Mason novel. "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."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1958 A Perry Mason novel. "Engaged to a dynamic young go-getter on his way up the corporate ladder, secretary Mildred Crest was riding high. Until her prince charming embezzled company funds and skipped town, leaving Mildred with nothing but a ring on her finger and egg on her face. Now all she wants is to start life over again and when a fateful drive leads to the death of a lone hitchhiker, Mildred gets that chance. But this is not the sweet escape she thought it would be when the life she’s adopted takes an even darker turn for the worse… Oh the agony of deceit."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Calendar Girl Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1958 A Perry Mason novel. "When the young woman George Ansley drives home turns out to be the last person to have seen Meredith Borden alive, Ansley becomes a murder suspect and must rely on Perry Mason to prove his innocence."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Count of Nine A.A. Fair William Morrow 1958 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "You might call Bertha Cool the broad beam of the Cool and Lam Detective Agency. As this story begins, all 200-odd pounds of her are quivering happily at the thought of a fat fee to come. All Bertha has to do is guard the priceless treasures of wealthy explorer Dean Crockett II, who is about to throw a fabulous party. But somebody's hand is quicker even than Bertha's gimlet eye, and one valuable jade Buddha and a primitive blowgun disappear. That's when brainy bantam-weight Donald Lam steps in, and the pace sets off fiercely, before reaching a sensational, unexpected climax."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Deadly Toy Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1959 A Perry Mason novel. "When Norda Allison saw her husband-to-be slap his young son, she immediately called off the wedding. Now she is terrified. Her ex-fiancé has beaten up her new boyfriend, and anonymous newspaper clippings are flooding her mailbox - articles graphically depicting what jilted men do to the women who leave them. Then Norda's life takes an even darker turn. It begins with a barking dog, a child's scream, a gun shot, and the discovery of a dead body - and takes a further twist when Norda is arrested and charged with brutal murder. Now only the brilliant courtroom strategist Perry Mason stands between Norda and a sentence of certain death."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Mythical Monkeys Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1959 A Perry Mason novel. "Gladys Doyle's luxurious ski weekend, courtesy of her employer, takes a sharp turn for the worse when she heads home on Sunday. Heavy storms force her to seek shelter with a surly stranger in a lonely mountain cabin. Next morning there's a dead man in the bedroom, the mysterious host has disappeared, and poor Gladys's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. Her desperate plight sends Perry Mason ice-fishing in dangerous waters - for a catch that includes a silk scarf curiously decorated with monkeys, a pristine tea kettle, a bodyguard who takes care of his clients permanently, and a viscious bottom feeder hungry for prey."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Singing Skirt Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1959 A Perry Mason novel. "Ellen Robb came into Perry Mason's office with a gun in her purse. She had been framed, she said, by her gambler employer because she had refused to help fleece a customer. The customer had dropped nearly $10,000 in the gambling establishment and then done his best to pick up Ellen. His wife, none too pleased with either shenanigan, ended up dead as a herring. Della said Ellen was too beautiful to be trusted; Perry thought he could find out by switching guns on her - thus starting a series of explosions that nearly blast him out of court."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Crying Swallow: A Perry Mason Novelette, and Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1959 (?) A Perry Mason novelette and three short stories featuring other characters. The contents are: The Case Of The Crying Swallow The Candy Kid The Vanishing Corpse The Affair Of The Reluctant Witness	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Pass the Gravy A.A. Fair William Morrow 1959 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Daphne Beckley comes to Donald Lam to find out what really happened to her husband. He has disappeared and his life insurance contains a double indemnity clause in the event of an accident, meaning Daphne is in line for a windfall. However, if he is still alive, she wants a divorce and alimony. It is up to Donald Lam to discover if she is the jilted wife of a philandering husband, or a beautiful, very wealthy widow."

The Case of the Waylaid Wolf Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1960 A Perry Mason novel. "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."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Duplicate Daughter Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1960 A Perry Mason novel. "Muriell Gilman left her father at the breakfast table while she cooked seconds of sausage and eggs. When she returned, he had disappeared - seemingly into thin air. She searched the house from cellar to attic. Then she went out to the workshop ... there, scattered on the floor, were hundred-dollar bills - and in their midst a spreading, crimson stain. That's when she telephoned Perry Mason, who soon discovers that the missing piece of the mystery seems to belong to his arch nemesis Hamilton Burger."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Shapely Shadow Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1960 A Perry Mason novel. "When a restless and sexually adventurous tycoon sets himself up for blackmail, Perry Mason finds an eyeful of glamour means a fistful of trouble... Was the shapely shadow that followed Morley Theilman, his beautiful ex-showgirl wife...his attractive ex-wife who still carried a torch...or his pretty secretary disguised as a Plain Jane? And which of these lovelies would kill the goose that laid the golden egg?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Kept Women Can't Quit A.A. Fair William Morrow 1960 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Donald Lam arrives at work one day to find an outraged police sergeant Frank Sellers stewing in the office of his senior partner, Bertha Cool. Sellers is close to cracking an armoured car robbery case, but in the course of his investigation, a telephone number for the Cool-Lam detective agency was found on one of his primary suspects - one Hazel Downer. The same Hazel Downer employs Donald Lam to find her husband who has run off with another broad, taking her fifty thousand dollars with him. Wasn't it fifty thousand dollars that haven't been recovered from the armoured car job ... ?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Spurious Spinster Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1961 A Perry Mason novel. "Wealthy Amelia Corning, owner of the Corning mine interests, might be an old lady in a wheelchair but she doesn't miss a trick. Secretary Susan Fisher has to call in Perry Mason when she finds her boss's seven-year-old son holding a shoebox stuffed with hundred-dollar bills. Miss Corning's life is at risk."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Bigamous Spouse Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1961 A Perry Mason novel. "Gwynn Elston learns that her best friend's husband already has a wife and family, but when he is found murdered Gwynn must ask Perry Mason to defend her against a murder charge."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Bachelors Get Lonely A.A. Fair William Morrow 1961 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Two incidents involving a Peeping Tom are reported from the Swim and Tan Motel to the detective agency belonging to Donald Lam and Bertha Cool. Bertha, meanwhile, has warned Donald to steer clear of the dangerous jobs and stick to aiding solid, sane citizens like Montrose L. Carson. And all Carson wants is the name of the informer in his office who is passing on confidential material to a business rival, Herbert Dowling. But when Dowling is murdered at the Swim and Tan Motel, it looks as though Bertha has picked the wrong client, and Donald the right girl when he chooses a lively bait to catch the Peeping Tom ... and the murderer."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Shills Can't Cash Chips A.A. Fair William Morrow 1961 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Money in the bank had always been a persuasive factor in Bertha Cool's life - and Lamont Hawley represented a lot of it. He also represented an insurance company that smelled a rat about a traffic-accident claim. The trouble was the claimant had drifted away - a beautiful blonde who had been co-operative and level-headed. In fact, too level-headed ... she sounded almost professional. Donald Lam didn't like it. Why should a large insurance company need an outside investigator? But Bertha's eyes see $$$ so Donald gets cracking, and within no time he is the prime suspect. For what on earth is a body doing in the trunk of Donald's car?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Reluctant Model Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1962 A Perry Mason novel. "Art student Maxine Lindsay, as the guest of her mentor, art dealer Colin Durant, attends a reception aboard the yacht of millionaire Otto Olney , who is unveiling his newest purchase, a $130,000 Gauguin. When Durant confides that the painting is a fake, Maxine becomes involved in a complicated series of deceptions. Soon gallery owner Leslie Rankin threatens Maxine. Perry Mason is called in, a beatnik artist is accused of painting the fake, and Durant is found fully clothed in Maxine's shower, shot dead with her pistol."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Blonde Bonanza Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1962 A Perry Mason novel. "It's Dianne Alder's ravishing looks that catch Perry Mason's eye, but it's her ravenous appetite that piques his professional interest. It seems the beautiful blonde has entered into a curious contract - one that requires her to gain a little weight, and lose a lot of money."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1962 A Perry Mason novel. "Supposed you had embezzeld some money and bet it on the nose on a long shot, at fifty to one. And the horse came in first. With your winnings you could easily replace the money you had embezzled and still have a big profit. But when you went to cash in your winning tickets, your employer was there with a cop to arrest you for embezzlement - and to take over your winnings. According to him, the money had always been his and the fact that you had made a lucky bet and intended to replace the money you had "borrowed" wouldn't stop you from going to jail or him from collecting the profits. Would that be cause for murder?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Try Anything Once A.A. Fair William Morrow 1962 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Carleton Allen, son-in-law of a millionaire tycoon and nervous of publicity, explains to Bertha Cool and Donald Lam that he's mixed up in a first-class scandal. He's spent the night with a blonde while his wife was away, and that same night at the motel a man was murdered. Donald doesn't believe the story, but the large retaining fee is too great a temptation to Bertha. So, once again, the intrepid partnership is off on a dangerous mission involving blackmail - and murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Mischievous Doll Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1963 A Perry Mason novel. "A mysterious young woman, Dorrie Ambler, wishes to prove her identity to Perry Mason. She wants him to witness her appendectomy scar, claiming she has a double. The double turns out to be Minerva Minden, madcap heiress of Montrose. Mason has his work cut out for him when his investigation leads him to a dead man in an apartment building."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1963 A Perry Mason novel. "Harlow Bissenger Bancroft is head of a corporate empire and happily married. None of his lawyers can help him however when a blackmailer threatens his family’s future. After he calls upon Perry Mason for help, the blackmailer is found dead."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Amorous Aunt Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1963 A Perry Mason novel. "Lorraine Elmore is a well-to-do widow who’s ready to marry again. But nervous Linda Calhoun is certain that the man her aunt Lorraine has fallen for is a fortune-hunting Bluebeard who's out to make a killing - in more ways than one. Perry Mason alloys Linda's paranoia - until Detective Paul Drake digs up enough dirt to convince the lawyer that dashing, mysterious Montrose Dewitt is digging a grave for his bride-to-be. When the amorous aunt and her amour elope, the chase is on. But when Lorraine's supposedly sinister suitor is the one who ends up murdered, the pressure is on Mason to prove that the blushing bride isn't the one who drew blood."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Fish or Cut Bait A.A. Fair William Morrow 1963 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Pauline began to give me double-talk and let her housecoat slip open. Finally she dimpled at me and said, 'Donald, I'm sorry I put on the act I did. But, well, you're a man and I like men'. That's when Bertha got out of her chair and went up to Pauline. 'You're a tart and you like money. In about fifteen minutes you're going to be talking to the cops. So start telling the truth.' And with that Bertha threw her half across the room. 'Come on, dearie,' Bertha said, 'get rough. I just love to have the party get rough.'."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Daring Divorcee Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1964 A Perry Mason novel. "Frances Celane has good reason to pout. Thanks to a provision in her late father’s will administered by her uncle, she’s caught in the middle of a family feud between matrimony and money. If she chooses marriage, she loses a million. But beautiful young Frances has a strong will of her own that she’s not afraid to use. One way or another, she means to hear wedding bells and cash registers making beautiful music together. Her first move: hire Perry mason to orchestrate things. Unfortunately, stubbornness runs in Frances Celane’s family, as Mason discovers when he confronts her Uncle Edward Norton. After Perry’s powers of persuasion fail to penetrate his hard head, someone decides the only way of cashing in is by bashing in the uncooperative uncle skull. But when the blood spills, so do the secrets. Then it’s Mason’s turn to brood, as he tries to figure out if a girl as pretty as his client could have a hand in something so ugly."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Phantom Fortune Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1964 A Perry Mason novel. "Horace Warren pays five hundred dollars to have Perry mason attend a buffet dinner to observe his guests. He also wants Mason to investigate a fingerprint and suspects his wife is being blackmailed. Mrs Warren’s mystery past may hold the clues."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Horrified Heirs Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1964 A Perry Mason novel. "Virginia Baxter is the only witness still living who can vouch for the authenticity of Lauretta Trent’s will. Lauretta Trent, a wealthy widow is also living. But for how long? Someone has been peppering the spicy food Lauretta loves with arsenic. Could it be the same someone who tried framing Virginia Baxter for drug smuggling? Lauretta Trent doesn’t trust her greedy heirs. But could a scheming servant be behind a master plan to fleece her estate? It all seems to fit. But when Lauretta is murdered on the highway, all the evidence places Virginia Baxter squarely in the driver’s seat. Confused? Just think how Virginia’s lawyer, Perry Mason, must feel."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Up for Grabs A.A. Fair William Morrow 1964 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Bertha Cool was in a flap. The distinguished Mr Homer Breckinridge had been waiting twenty minutes for Donald Lam to make an appearance, and around Mr Breckinridge was the heady aroma of C-A-S-H. Then Donald appeared and in no time found himself hired to investigate an insurance claim. 'Such nice, safe, respectable work', purred Bertha, 'and it's up for grabs.' But it didn't take Donald long to find out he was anything but safe and that he was the one up for grabs."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Troubled Trustee Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1965 A Perry Mason novel. "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?"	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Beautiful Beggar Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1965 A Perry Mason novel. "A beautiful debutante is shocked. her beloved wealthy uncle is missing. Strange relatives are in charge of his fortune - and they're counting her out. Then a dead man surfaces, pointing his finger straight at her. Now she's desperate. To Perry Mason, however, it's all in a day's work."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Cut Thin to Win A.A. Fair William Morrow 1965 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Clayton Dawson came to Lam & Cool as a last resort. He needed an under-cover agent to 'protect the family name'. Bertha Cool didn't want to take the case, but Donald Lam talked her into it when their client laid twelve one-hundred-dollar bulls on the table. What seemed a simple case of protecting an undisciplined daughter soon erupted into an explosion of trouble for Lam - trouble in the form of murder and blackmail."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Worried Waitress Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1966 A Perry Mason novel. "Katherine Ellis, concerned about an aunt's mysterious behavior and other bizarre happenings, consults Perry Mason."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Widows Wear Weeds Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair William Morrow 1966 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Blackmail was a dirty business and Donald Lam liked to stay clear of it. But for his partner, Bertha Cool, no business was too dirty to handle at the right price. And the price for this job was certainly right. What was wrong, though, was a payoff for pictures that weren't worth a dime, a free dinner that cost the blackmailer his life, and more than a couple of double-crosses that framed Donald Lam quite neatly for a charge of murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Queenly Contestant Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1967 A Perry Mason novel. "Twenty years after Ellen Adair had given birth to an illegitimate child, the result of her affair with the son of a rich tycoon, she finds herself fighting for her son's inheritance and up against those who would deny his parentage."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Traps Need Fresh Bait A.A. Fair William Morrow 1967 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "Bertha Cool was purring like a kitten. A client had just hired the agency to investigate a suspected insurance swindle and, in Bertha's glittering eyes, that was just the sort of respectable case they needed. Donald Lam had his doubts but he began looking around for suitable bait to set the trap. What he didn't know was that the trap was already baIted - and more than ready to spring."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Careless Cupid Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1968 A Perry Mason novel. "Selma Arlington is engaged to a wealthy widower. His heirs don’t want him to tie the knot. Perry Mason is asked by Selma to prove she is neither a gold digger nor a murderer of her first husband, but incriminating evidence comes to light."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Fabulous Fake Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1969 A Perry Mason novel. "When master defense attorney Perry Mason tries to help a mysterious female client accused of embezzlement, he suddenly becomes involved in a murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Bird in the Hand and Four Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner Walter J. Black / Ellery Queen's Mystery Club 1969 Five Lester Leith stories written between 1930 and 1941. The contents are: The Bird in the Hand In Round Figures The Exact Opposite A Tip From Scuttle The Monkey Murder

The Case of the Murderer's Bride and Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner Editor, introduction: Ellery Queen Davis Publications 1969 The contents are: Erle Stanley Gardner: an unorthodox introduction (Ellery Queen) The Case of the Murderer's Bride The Candy Kid Death Rides a Boxcar The Jeweled Butterfly Only By Running (Flight into Disaster) To Strike a Match (The House of Three Candles) Danger Out of the Past (Protection)	Buy from amazon.co.uk

All Grass isn't Green Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair William Morrow 1970 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Subsequently published as by Erle Stanley Gardner. "A rich man sends Donald Lam looking for a man - when he really wants to find a woman. A minor missing persons case turns out to be a major one. And a pleasure boat on pontoons serves as a smuggler's ship on wheels. This is a job for detectives who know their fact from fiction, and Bertha Cool and Donald Lam are pitted against people who know too well that all grass isn't green."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Crimson Kiss: A Perry Mason Novelette, and Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1971 A Perry Mason novelette plus four other stories. The contents are: The Case of the Crimson Kiss Crooked Lightning The Valley of Little Fears Fingers of Fong At Arm's Length The Perry Mason novella, The Case of the Crimson Kiss, was first published in The American Magazine in 1948. The other stories are from the 1920's and 1930's.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Crying Swallow: A Perry Mason Novelette and Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1971 A Perry Mason novella plus three other stories. The contents are: The Case of the Crying Swallow The Candy Kid The Vanishing Corpse The Affair of the Reluctant Witness The Perry Mason novella, The Case of the Crying Swallow, was first published in The American Magazine in 1947. The other stories are from the 1931 and 1949.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Fenced-In Woman Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1972 A Perry Mason novel. "Morley Eden finds an unwanted guest on his property. The ex-wife of his dream house’s contractor claims that the property is one-half hers. Eden calls upon Perry Mason to resolve a dispute that is linked to murder."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Irate Witness: A Perry Mason Mystery and Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1972 A novella and three short stories from the 1940s and 1950s. This collection was possibly published at an earlier date. The contents are: The Case of the Irate Witness The Jeweled Butterfly Something Like a Pelican A Man is Missing	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Postponed Murder Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1973 A Perry Mason novel. "Hired to protect a woman from presumed stalker Penn Wentworth, Perry Mason learns that Mae Farr is wanted by Wentworth for forgery, and things are further complicated when a lovesick suitor rides in to the rescue."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith Erle Stanley Gardner Editor, introduction: Ellery Queen Dial Press / Ellery Queen Presents 1980 Five Lester Leith Stories from the 1930's and 1940's. The contents are: The Bird in the Hand In Round Figures The Exact Opposite A Thousand to One The Hand is Quicker Than the Eye (aka Lester Leith, Magician)	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Whispering Sands: Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert Erle Stanley Gardner Editor: Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg William Morrow 1981 Nine stories written between 1930 and 1934. Seven of the stories feature Bob Zane. The contents are: Sand Blast Law of the Rope Gold Blindness Written in Sand Blood-Red Gold Carved in Sand Fall Guy Priestess of the Sun Golden Bullets	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Human Zero: The Science Fiction Stories of Erle Stanley Gardner Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1981 Science fiction stories originally published in Argosy magazine in the late 1920's and early 1930's. The contents are: The Human Zero Monkey Eyes New Worlds Rain Magic A Year in a Day The Man with Pin-Point Eyes The Sky's the Limit	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Pay Dirt and Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1983 Stories featuring Bob Zane originally published in Argosy magazine in the early 1930's. The contents are: Singing Sand The Land of Painted Rocks The Big Circle Pay Dirt The Land of Poison Springs Stamp of the Desert Law of the Ghost Town The Law of Drifting Sand The Whip Hand	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Adventures of Paul Pry Erle Stanley Gardner Mysterious Press 1989 Nine stories, featuring Paul Pry stories, from the 1930's. The contents are: The Crime Juggler The Racket Buster The Daisy Pusher Wiker Gets the Works A Double Deal in Diamonds Slick and Clean Hell's Danger Signal Dressed to Kill The Cross-Stitch Killer	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Blonde in Lower Six Plus 3 Short Novels Erle Stanley Gardner Carroll and Graf 1990 Four stories featuring Ed Jenkins. The Wax Dragon, Grinning Gods and Yellow Shadows were originally published in Black Mask in 1927/1928. The Blonde in Lower Six was also presumably written in the late 1920's and possibly first published at that time. It was published in The Argosy in 1961. The contents are: The Wax Dragon Grinning Gods Yellow Shadows The Blonde in Lower Six	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Dead Men's Letters Erle Stanley Gardner Carroll & Graf 1990 A collection of six Ed Jenkins stories that were originally published in Black Mask in the 1920's and 1930's. The contents are: Dead Men's Letters Laugh That Off The Cat-Woman This Way Out Come and Get It In Full Account	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Honest Money and Other Short Novels Erle Stanley Gardner Carroll & Graf 1991 Six short novels featuring lawyer Ken Corning stories: Honest Money The Top Comes Off Close Call Making the Breaks Devil's Fire Blackmail with Lead	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Danger Zone and Other Stories Erle Stanley Gardner Editor: Bill Pronzini Crippen & Landru 2004 A collection of stories originally published in pulp magazines in the 1930's and not previously collected in book form. The contents are: Snowy Ducks for Cover The Corkscrew Kid The Danger Zone A Logical Ending Restless Pearls Time for Murder Hard as Nails Complete Designs Barney Killigen Take It or Leave It Flight into Disaster	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Casebook of Sidney Zoom Erle Stanley Gardner Editor: Bill Pronzini Crippen & Landru 2006 The first book collection of Sidney Zoom stories. The stories were all originally published in Detective Fiction Weekly in the first half of the 1930's. The contents are: Willie the Weeper My Name is Zoom! Borrowed Bullets Higher Up The First Stone The Green Door Cheating the Chair Inside Job Lifted Bait Stolen Thunder	Buy from amazon.co.uk

All Detective Magazine: An Erle Stanley Gardner Special Erle Stanley Gardner Createspace 2009 A collection of seven novellas and short stories originally published in All Detective Magazine in 1933 and 1934. The contents are: Smudge Fingers of Fong Both Ends City of Fear Catch as Catch Can Murder Apprentice Committee of One	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid Erle Stanley Gardner Editor: Bill Pronzini Crippen & Landru 2010 A collection of stories featuring the Patent leather Kid which were originally published in Detective Fiction Weekly in the first half of the 1930's. The contents are: The Kid Stacks a Deck The Kid Passes the Sugar The Kid Wins a Wager The Kid Throws a Stone The Kid Makes a Bid The Kid Muscles In The Kid Takes a Cut The Kid Beats the Gun The Kid Covers a Kill The Kid Clears a Crook The Kid Clips a Coupon The Kid Cooks a Goose The Kid Steals a Star	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Knife Slipped Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair Hard Case Crime 2016 A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel. Written in 1939 (?) and intended to be the second published book featuring Cool and Lam - but not published at that time. "At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gardner was the best-selling American author of the 20th century, creator of crusading attorney Perry Mason and the hardboiled detective team of Cool and Lam, stars of 29 novels, and one that’s never been published until now. Lost for more than 75 years, THE KNIFE SLIPPED is a glorious return to the heyday of private eyes and shady dames, of powerful criminals, crooked cops, blazing dialogue, and delicious plot twists."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Erle Stanley Gardner: Omnibus editions

A Perry Mason Omnibus Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1956 An omnibus edition that brings together three Perry Mason novels; The Case of Velvet Claws; The Case of the Sunbather's Diary; and The Case of the Demure Defendant.

Pass The Gravy / Kept Women Can't Quit Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1960 An omnibus edition that brings together two Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novels, Pass The Gravy and Kept Women Can't Quit.

Shills Can't Cash Chips / Bedrooms Have Windows Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1961 An omnibus edition that brings together two Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novels, Shills Can't Cash Chips and Bedrooms Have Windows.

Bachelors Get Lonely / Some Slips Don't Show Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1961 An omnibus edition that brings together two Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novels, Bachelors Get Lonely and Some Slips Don't Show.

The Case of the Mischievous Doll / Shills Can't Cash Chips Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1963 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Mischievous Doll, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Shills Can't Cash Chips.

The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret / Try Anything Once Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1963 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Try Anything Once.

The Case Of The Amorous Aunt / Fish Or Cut Bait Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1963 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case Of The Amorous Aunt, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Fish Or Cut Bait.

A Perry Mason Omnibus Erle Stanley Gardner William Morow 1964 An omnibus edition that brings together three Perry Mason novels: The Case of the Singing Skirt; The Case of The Blonde Bonanza; and The Case of the Horrified Heirs.

The Case of the Horrified Heirs / Up For Grabs Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1964 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Horrified Heirs, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Up For Grabs.

The Case of the Daring Divorcee / Fish or Cut Bait Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1964 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Daring Divorcee, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Fish or Cut Bait.

The Case of the Phantom Fortune / Fish or Cut Bait Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1964 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Phantom Fortune, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Fish or Cut Bait.

The Case Of The Troubled Trustee / Cut Thin To Win Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1965 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case Of The Troubled Trustee, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Cut Thin To Win.

The Case of the Beautiful Beggar / Up for Grabs Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1965 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Beautiful Beggar, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Up for Grabs.

The Case of the Golddigger's Purse / The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1965 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Golddigger's Purse and The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife.

The Case of the Worried Waitress / Widows Wear Weeds Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1966 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Worried Waitress, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Widows Wear Weeds.

The Case of the Queenly Contentant / Traps Need Fresh Bait Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1967 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Queenly Contentant, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Traps Need Fresh Bait.

The Case of the Careless Cupid / Traps Need Fresh Bait Erle Stanley Gardner / A.A. Fair Walter J Black Inc 1968 An omnibus edition that brings together a Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Careless Cupid, with a Bertha Cool and Donald Lam novel, Traps Need Fresh Bait.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1974 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Horrified Heirs and The Case of the Lame Canary.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1974 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Howling Dog and The Case of the Substitute Face.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1975 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Fiery Fingers and The Case Of The Angry Mourner.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1975 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case Of The Terrified Typist and The Case Of The Gilded Lily.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1975 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Fugitive Nurse and The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1975 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Perjured Parrot and The Case of the Beautiful Beggar.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1975 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Haunted Husband and The Case of the Careless Kitten.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1975 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Haunted Husband and The Case of the Careless Kitten.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1975 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister and The Case of the Troubled Trustee.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1976 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Waylaid Wolf and The Case of the Shapely Shadow.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1976 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case Of The Borrowed Brunette and The Case Of The Careless Cupid.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1976 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Golddigger's Purse and The Case of the Buried Clock.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1976 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Drowning Duck and The Case of the Crooked Candle.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1977 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case Of The Daring Decoy and The Case Of The Demure Defendant.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1977 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret and The Case of the Amorous Aunt.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1977 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Mythical Monkeys and The Case of the Fabulous Fake.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1977 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Caretaker's Cat and The Case of the Cautious Coquette.

Perry Mason 2 in 1 Erle Stanley Gardner Pocket Books 1977 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the two novels: The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse and The Case of the Hesitant Hostess.

A Perry Mason Casebook Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1993 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the three novels: The Gilded Lily / The Daring Decoy; The Fiery Fingers; and The Lucky Loser.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Perry Mason: Seven Complete Novels Erle Stanley Gardner Random House 1994 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the seven novels: The Case of The Foot-Loose Doll; The Case of The Glamorous Ghost; The Case of The Long-Legged Models; The Case of The Lucky Loser; The Case of The Screaming Woman; The Case of The Terrified Typist; and The Case of The Waylaid Wolf.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Perry Mason Casebook Erle Stanley Gardner The Mystery Guild 1999 A Perry Mason omnibus that combines the three novels: The Case of the Sulky Girl; Case of the Careless Kitten; and The Case of the Fiery Fingers.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Erle Stanley Gardner: Non-fiction

The Land of Shorter Shadows: Exploring Baja California Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1948 "Gardner took off - with two automobiles, one big brute of a four-wheel-drive Power Wagon with eight speeds forward and two in reverse. He carried gasoline, water, canned food, sleeping bags, a stove, two secretaries, three friends... "Gardner writes of a sky filled with doves and brant geese - a land wild with quail, antelope, game - a sea alive with game fish. His stories of dogs, burros, coyotes, birds are humorous and moving. And he writes of the stars and moon, of the incredibly clear atmosphere- an astronomer's dream - and of the sun that is almost directly overhead."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Court of Last Resort Erle Stanley Gardner William Sloane Associates 1952 "The creator of Perry Mason’s Edgar Award–winning account of miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, legal battles, and landmark reversals."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Neighborhood Frontiers: Desert Country / Puget Sound Country / Yucatan Peninsula / Yaqui River / Barranca Country Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1954 "."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Hunting the Desert Whale: Personal Adventures in Baja California Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1960	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Hovering Over Baja Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1961 "Adventure by helicopter into the remote, mysterious palm-lined canyons of Lower California."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Hidden Heart of Baja Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1962

The Desert is Yours Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1963 "In this account the reader accompanies Gardner and his companions on many of their expeditions into the desert. Using every means of transportation from helicopter to the Pak-Jak, a form of motorcycle with enormous balloon tires, we search for legendary lost mines; join up with parties of rock-hunters looking for semiprecious stones which are later made into handsome articles for use or for decoration; accompany members of a four-wheel-drive club whose enthusiasts number in the hundreds and who drive specially rigged cars through shifting sands and along high, narrow ridges; or explore for relics of a bygone age around the sites of old forts in use during wagon-train days."

The World of Water: Exploring the Sacramento Delta Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1964	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Hunting Lost Mines by Helicopter: Adventures In The American Desert Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1965	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Off the Beaten Track in Baja Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1967 "A lively account of exploration and high adventure in the hidden reaches of Baja California."

Gypsy Days on the Delta Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1967 "Carefree adventures cruising the inland waterways of the Sacramento Delta."

Mexico's Magic Square Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1968 "Adventure just south of the border in Baja California."

Drifting Down the Delta Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1969 "The Joys Of Houseboating On The Inland Waterways Of The Sacramento Delta."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Host With the Big Hat Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1969 "A Mexican safari by rail leads to a challenging archaeological mystery."

Cops On Campus And Crime In The Streets Erle Stanley Gardner William Morrow 1970 "Observations on current problems of law and order by a concerned citizen."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

About Erle Stanley Gardner: biographical, critical, TV & film

The Case Of Erle Stanley Gardner Alva Johnston William Morrow 1947 A short biography of Erle Stanley Gardner that was originally published in the Saturday Evening Post.

Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason: A Biography Dorothy B. Hughes William Morrow 1978 "An intriguing biography of an author who knew worldwide popularity thanks to the success of his Perry Mason stories, which, of course, became one of the best-known detective series on TV in the USA and in Great Britain. Erle Stanley Gardner was an unusual man who wrote 131 works of fiction, including 82 full-length Perry Masons."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Secrets Of The World's Best-Selling Writer: The Storytelling Techniques Of Erle Stanley Gardner Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate William Morrow 1980 "All the hard-earned storytelling skills of Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason and one of the best-selling writers of all time, are revealed in this informative, entertaining, and instructive book. The authors clearly present and analyze all the elements of narrative - character, plot, conflict, and resolution - as Gardner used them. Numerous extraordinary charts, diagrams, and outlines makes his hard-earned technical skills available to the reader in practical and useful forms. This book is ideal for Gardner collectors and fans, and equally for students of writing at all levels - would-be writers, neophytes, and even published authors - for it offers one of the most practical and professional courses ever in storytelling technique."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Perry Mason: The Authorship and Reproduction of a Popular Hero James D. Bounds Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture Prager 1996 "This is the first systematic look at Erle Stanley Gardner's character Perry Mason. Bounds uses a combination of neoformalist and production of culture approaches and explores the characters and situations of the lawyer/detective narrative of Perry Mason, showing how it has been created, produced, and reproduced over time, in different media. Relying on archival data and detailed textual analysis, this book identifies a complex series of stylistic devices and motivations that govern each production, ultimately presenting an insightful look at a well-known figure in American popular culture. This book contains an exhaustive list of the various manifestations of Perry Mason in novels, films television, radio, comic strips, and other forms."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

Pulp Icons: Erle Stanley Gardner and His Pulp Magazine Characters Jeffrey Marks Createspace 2013 "This is the only in-depth look at the pulp characters created by mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner, the prolific author who would go on to write the series of Perry Mason mysteries. Gardner wrote over 650 pulp short stories and novelettes, writing nearly as many words for the pulps as he did for the novels that he is more well-known for. He began a rapid pace of 100,000 words a month for nearly 20 years, beginning in the mid-1920s. This monograph looks at the breadth of characters written by Gardner for the pulps."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Perry Mason Book: A Comprehensive Guide to America’s Favorite Defender of Justice Jim Davidson 2014 Published electronically only. "Perry Mason, fictional champion lawyer created by author Erle Stanley Gardner and embodied by actor Raymond Burr, is an American cultural icon. His exploits have been enjoyed by generations of fans through books, television, movies, radio, and other media. Drawing on original interviews, correspondence, and production records, this is the first in-depth history of the character, providing a unique behind-the-scenes account of every stage in his development. Included are detailed listings of every one of his cases, thoroughly indexed."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Case of the Alliterative Attorney: A Guide to the Perry Mason TV Series and TV Movies Bill Sullivan with Ed Robertson Createspace 2015 "The Case Of The Alliterative Attorney tells you everything you wanted to know about the iconic TV series that made Raymond Burr a star. Featuring a comprehensive episode guide to both the original CBS series and NBC movies, the book includes interviews and commentaries from such esteemed Perry Mason alumni as Barbara Hale (“Della Street”) and Richard Anderson (“Lieutenant Drumm”); guest actors Ruta Lee, David McCallum, H.M. Wynant, Jacqueline Scott, June Lockhart and Margaret O’Brien; producer/director Arthur Marks; writer/producer Dean Hargrove; directors Ron Satlof, Christian Nyby II and James Sheldon; and many, many others. Plus: insight into the writing and production of both the CBS and NBC series; fun and interesting factoids for every episode; behind-the-scenes photographs; and a whole lot more."	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham: See You in Court Lars Ole Sauerberg Palgrave Macmillan 2016 "This book offers a critically informed yet relaxed historical overview of the legal thriller, a unique contribution to crime fiction where most of the titles have been written by professionals such as lawyers and judges. The legal thriller typically uses court trials as the suspense-creating background for presenting legal issues reflecting a wide range of concerns, from corporate conflicts to private concerns, all in a dramatic but highly informed manner. With authors primarily from the USA and the UK, the genre is one which nonetheless enjoys a global reading audience. As well as providing a survey of the legal thriller, this book takes a gender-focused approach to analyzing recently published titles within the field. It also argues for the fascination of the legal thriller both in the way its narrative pattern parallels that of an actual court trial, and by the way it reflects, frequently quite critically, the concerns of contemporary society."	Buy from amazon.co.uk