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The case of the counterfeit eye

The case of the counterfeit eye

Mystery
Pages
45
Published
1935
Language
English

Synopsis

Perry Mason's office. L.A. Usual kinda day. In walks Peter Brunwold who hires Mason because someone has replaced his precious, skillfully made glass eye with a cheap imitation, so, Brunwold suspects, the stolen eye can be planted at the scene of a murder. Later, Bertha McLane asks Mason to return some money to high roller Hartley Basset which her brother embezzled from him. When Mason goes to Basset's house, the guy's wife Sylvia stows away in Mason's car so she can tell him her husband is holding her prisoner. That's just the first day. Wait till day two when Basset is found murdered, clutching -- you guessed it -- a glass eye

Genres

Mystery

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
Hartley BassetAntagonist
Peter BrunwoldSupporting
Bertha McLaneSupporting
Sylvia BassetSupporting
All characters in The case of the counterfeit eye

Frequently asked questions

  • Does this book introduce any recurring characters to the series?

    This story marks the first appearance of District Attorney Hamilton Burger, who becomes a frequent antagonist to Perry Mason in subsequent novels.

  • Is there a screen adaptation of this story?

    While this specific novel was not directly adapted for the television series, its plot served as the loose inspiration for the episode titled The Case of the Treacherous Toupee, which substituted a hairpiece for the glass eye featured in the book.