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The Case of the Empty Tin

The Case of the Empty Tin

CrimeLegal Thriller
Pages
422
Published
1949
Language
English

Synopsis

When Mrs. Gentrie discovers an empty tin among her preserves, it sparks a chain of events that draws the renowned lawyer Perry Mason into a baffling case. A man vanishes, a neighbor seeks help for an undisclosed reason, and Mason finds himself entangled in a tale of old partnerships, missing heirs, and a cranky old man. As bodies begin to surface and a link to arms smuggling in the Far East emerges, Mason and Della Street must navigate a web of deceit where the truth is hidden in plain sight, complicated by a crucial wrong assumption.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseComplex
Locked RoomMystery BoxBetrayal

Genres

Crime Legal Thriller Mystery

About the author

E
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
Mrs. GentrieSupporting
Della StreetSupporting
Paul DrakeSupporting
Lieutenant TraggSupporting
All characters in The Case of the Empty Tin