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The case of the dangerous dowager

The case of the dangerous dowager

CrimeLegal Thriller
Pages
299
Published
1937
Language
English

Synopsis

When Matilda Benson's granddaughter, Sylvia, racks up a hefty gambling debt, the formidable Matilda hires the legendary Perry Mason to retrieve the IOUs. But the crooked casino owners have other plans, intending to sell the debts to Sylvia's cunning husband, who aims to use them to prove her an unfit mother. Mason's attempt to negotiate takes a dark turn when he discovers a body, forcing him to use every legal trick to keep his clients and himself out of jail.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseAdventurous
Betrayal

Genres

Crime Legal Thriller 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
Matilda BensonSupporting
SylviaSupporting
All characters in The case of the dangerous dowager