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Extremely confusing! Too many likely suspects for my taste. It almost seemed as if, Gardner held a lottery of suspects and conveniently thought up a plausible explanation for the guilt of the lottery winner! Too convenient.
I've been reading Gardner's Perry Mason books off and on for many years. Those who are used to really fine mystery writers (in the literary sense) may find Gardner's writing style a bit dry, and the dialog a bit unrealistic. Nonetheless, I still love the general setting: the characters of Perry, Della, Paul, Lt. Tragg, and Hamilton Berger. That, and the ingenious plots, are why I read Perry Mason.
On the whole, the ones written by about 1953 are the best. This is one of the latest ones, written i ...more
On the whole, the ones written by about 1953 are the best. This is one of the latest ones, written i ...more
Perry Mason novels are Gardner's unique way of plotting a detective mystery, but using a lawyer as the main character. In Perry Mason novels, often clients arrive at his office in unusual ways and this novel is no exception. Here, a mysterious woman, identifiable only by her giant sunglasses, leaves her purse at his office with something rather incriminating in it. The mysteries abound as Mason tries to unravel who the woman is, whether he represents her, whether she is getting divorced, and whe
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This is one of the weaker mysteries in the Perry Mason series. The wrap-up was too quick and certain facts were unfairly held from the reader to determine who did it.
Really enjoyed this Mason, I rather felt it was too short.
Dec 20, 2014
Stacy M
marked it as to-read
May 03, 2020
Lynneinmd
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May 15, 2022
Ruth Stanley
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