The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (Perry Mason Series Book 39)
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Rating | : | 4.20 (639 Votes) |
Asin | : | B00AQP7IDQ |
Format Type | : | |
Number of Pages | : | 483 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-07-03 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But this is only the first question in a cop-killer case that traps Mason’s client with both an impossible story and the murder weapon. With Perry as a prime suspect with a blazing gunpowder trail that leads straight to the heart of the police department…. A waitress in a favorite restaurant of Mason's runs out in the middle of the lunch rush, leaving behind her pricey mink coat
"Three cents per word!" according to Fred G. The underlying plot was OK, however the use of excessive and superfluous dialogue led to my discontinuing this Perry Mason story. Perhaps the useless words are a product of Gardner's alleged statement that he was paid Three cents per word! The underlying plot was OK, however the use of excessive and superfluous dialogue led to my discontinuing this Perry Mason story. Perhaps the useless words are a product of Gardner's alleged statement that he was paid 3 cents a word!. cents a word!. fermat said Complicated and Unusual for Perry Mason. I've been reading Gardner's Perry Mason books off and on for many years. Many years ago, I was an intense fan of the series, and read them all, at least once. Now, after a lot of water over the dam, I'm looking at them again.Those who are used to really fine mystery writers (with the em. Can't top Perry Mason Superb novel. Aside from making readers think while they read, Perry Mason novels are filled with excellent writing that doesn't rely on sex, drugs, or profanity. Wish we had more writers like Gardner, nowadays.
They further describe that when Raymond Burr met Pope John XXIII, the actor reported that the pontiff "seemed to know all about Perry Mason." Federal judge Sonya Sotomayor frequently mentions how Perry Mason was one of her earliest influences.Starting with his first book, Gardner had a very definite vision of the shape the Perry Mason character would take:"I want to make my hero a fighter," he wrote to his publisher, "not by having him be ruthless to women and underlings, but by creating a character who, with infinite patience jockeys his enemies into a position where he can deliver one good knockout punch." .
There have been six motion pictures based on his work and the hugely popular Perry Mason television series starring Raymond Burr, which aired for nine years and 271 episodes.As author William F. Truman was a fan and that it is rumored that when Einstein died, a Perry Mason book was at his bedside. In the mid-1950s, the Perry Mason novels were selling at the rate of twenty thousand copies a day. Nolan notes, "Gardner, more than any other