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The Case of the Beautiful Beggar

Pages
253
Published
1960
Language
English

Synopsis

A beautiful young woman, Daphne Shelby, approaches lawyer Perry Mason with a desperate plea. Her uncle, Horace Shelby, has vanished, and his greedy half-brother, Finchley, has taken control of his fortune and home. Daphne, penniless and homeless, turns to Mason, Della Street, and Paul Drake to find her uncle and expose Finchley's scheme before it's too late.

About the author

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Erle Stanley Gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was a prolific American author. A former lawyer, he is best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico. The best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death, Gardner also published under numerous pseudonyms, including A. A...

Characters

Perry MasonProtagonist
Daphne ShelbyProtagonist
FinchleyAntagonist
All characters in The Case of the Beautiful Beggar