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The case of the gilded lily

The case of the gilded lily

CrimeMystery
Pages
199
Published
1956
Language
English

Synopsis

The ingredients were quite one middle-aged tycoon with a lovely young wife; one oh-so-apologetic visitor to the tycoon's office; one devoted secretary, graduate of a correspondence course of How to Be a Detective. But when these ingredients were combined and brought to the boil with the addition of one inflammable blonde - the result was murder. And when Perry Mason was called in to clean up the kitchen, he found that too many cooks almost spoiled the broth.

Genres

Crime 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
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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Perry Mason appear immediately in this story?

    Perry Mason does not enter the narrative until the forty-sixth page, as the opening chapters focus on the predicament of the businessman Stewart Bedford.

  • Is this book part of a larger series?

    This novel is a mid-career entry in the long-running Perry Mason series, which features the same defense attorney across numerous legal mysteries.

  • Has this specific story been adapted for television?

    The plot was adapted as the thirty-fourth episode of the first season of the classic Perry Mason television series.