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Erle Stanley Gardner

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The undisputed best-selling American writer of his time, Erle Stanley Gardner wrote over a 130 detective and mystery novels, the most famous of which feature the criminal defense lawyer Perry Mason. Gardner created several other popular characters, including Doug Selby, a virtuous crusading district attorney, the middle-aged, greedy private detective Bertha Cool and the knowledgeable legalist Donald Lam. Gardner’s works are noted for their complex plots and realistic depictions of legal proceedings, based on the author’s personal experiences working as a lawyer. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Gardner’s complete novels, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

Please note: this eBook is only for sale to customers located in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa and any other 50-year countries, due to copyright restrictions. European release year: 2041. Estimated US release year: 2065

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Description

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Gardner’s life and works
* Concise introductions to each series
* All 132 novels, with individual contents tables
* The complete Perry Mason novels and short stories
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Includes Gardner’s non-fiction masterpiece, ‘The Court of Last Resort’, which won an Edgar Award
* A selection of short stories
* Alva Johnston’s biography on Gardner — first time in digital print
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

Please note: the posthumous Cool and Lam novel ‘The Knife Slipped’ was first published in 2016 and so cannot appear in this edition, due to copyright restrictions.

CONTENTS:

Perry Mason Novels
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933)
The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
The Case of the Curious Bride (1934)
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (1935)
The Case of the Caretaker’s Cat (1935)
The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece (1936)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936)
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937)
The Case of the Lame Canary (1937)
The Case of the Substitute Face (1938)
The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe (1938)
The Case of the Perjured Parrot (1939)
The Case of the Rolling Bones (1939)
The Case of the Baited Hook (1940)
The Case of the Silent Partner (1940)
The Case of the Haunted Husband (1941)
The Case of the Empty Tin (1941)
The Case of the Drowning Duck (1942)
The Case of the Careless Kitten (1942)
The Case of the Buried Clock (1943)
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943)
The Case of the Crooked Candle (1944)
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (1944)
The Case of the Golddigger’s Purse (1945)
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife (1945)
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (1946)
The Case of the Fan Dancer’s Horse (1947)
The Case of the Lazy Lover (1947)
The Case of the Lonely Heiress (1948)
The Case of the Vagabond Virgin (1948)
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom (1949)
The Case of the Cautious Coquette (1949)
The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1950)
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness (1950)
The Case of the Fiery Fingers (1951)
The Case of the Angry Mourner (1951)
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (1952)
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1952)
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1953)
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953)
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse (1954)
The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1954)
The Case of the Restless Redhead (1954)
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (1955)
The Case of the Sun Bather’s Diary (1955)
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (1955)
The Case of the Terrified Typist (1956)
The Case of the Demure Defendant (1956)
The Case of the Gilded Lily (1956)
The Case of the Lucky Loser (1957)
The Case of the Screaming Woman (1957)
The Case of the Daring Decoy (1957)
The Case of the Long-Legged Models (1958)
The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (1958)
The Case of the Calendar Girl (1958)
The Case of the Deadly Toy (1959)
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1959)
The Case of the Singing Skirt (1959)
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf (1960)
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1960)
The Case of the Shapely Shadow (1960)
The Case of the Spurious Spinster (1961)
The Case of the Bigamous Spouse (1961)
The Case of the Reluctant Model (1962)
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza (1962)
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands (1962)
The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1963)
The Case of the Stepdaughter’s Secret (1963)
The Case of the Amorous Aunt (1963)
The Case of the Daring Divorcee (1964)
The Case of the Phantom Fortune (1964)
The Case of the Horrified Heirs (1964)
The Case of the Troubled Trustee (1965)
The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (1965)
The Case of the Worried Waitress (1966)
The Case of the Queenly Contestant (1967)
The Case of the Careless Cupid (1968)
The Case of the Fabulous Fake (1969)
The Case of the Fenced-In Woman (1972)
The Case of the Postponed Murder (1973)
Perry Mason Short Stories
The Case of the Crying Swallow (1947)
The Case of the Crimson Kiss (1948)
The Case of the Suspect Sweethearts (1950)
The Case of the Irate Witness (1953)

Ed Jenkins Stories
A Selection of Ed Jenkins Stories

Doug Selby Books
The D. A. Calls it Murder (1937)
The D. A. Holds a Candle (1938)
The D. A. Draws a Circle (1939)
The D. A. Goes to Trial (1940)
The D. A. Cooks a Goose (1942)
The D. A. Calls a Turn (1944)
The D. A. Breaks a Seal (1946)
The D. A. Takes a Chance (1948)
The D. A. Breaks an Egg (1949)

Terry Clane Novels
Murder up My Sleeve (1937)
The Case of the Backward Mule (1946)

Cool and Lam Series
The Bigger They Come (1939)
Turn on the Heat (1940)
Gold Comes in Bricks (1940)
Spill the Jackpot! (1941)
Double or Quits (1941)
Owls Don’t Blink (1942)
Bats Fly at Dusk (1942)
Cats Prowl at Night (1943)
Give ’em the Ax (1944)
Crows Can’t Count (1946)
Fools Die on Friday (1947)
Bedrooms Have Windows (1949)
Top of the Heap (1952)
Some Women Won’t Wait (1953)
Beware the Curves (1956)
You Can Die Laughing (1957)
Some Slips Don’t Show (1957)
The Count of Nine (1958)
Pass the Gravy (1959)
Kept Women Can’t Quit (1960)
Bachelors Get Lonely (1961)
Shills Can’t Cash Chips (1961)
Try Anything Once (1962)
Fish or Cut Bait (1963)
Up for Grabs (1964)
Cut Thin to Win (1965)
Widows Wear Weeds (1966)
Traps Need Fresh Bait (1967)
All Grass isn’t Green (1970)

Gramps Wiggins Novels
The Case of the Turning Tide (1941)
The Case of the Smoking Chimney (1943)

Other Novels
The Clue of the Forgotten Murder (1935)
This is Murder (1935)
The Case of the Musical Cow (1950)

The Short Stories
Miscellaneous Stories

The Non-Fiction
The Court of Last Resort (1952)

The Biography
The Case of Erle Stanley Gardner (1947) by Alva Johnston

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