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The case of the lonely heiress

The case of the lonely heiress

CrimeMystery
Pages
224
Published
1948
Language
English

Synopsis

When a suspicious personal ad leads to murder, legendary lawyer Perry Mason finds himself in the middle of a complex inheritance dispute. Marilyn Marlow, an heiress, uses the ad to find a key witness, Rose Keeling, but Rose's sudden death turns the case into a hunt for a killer. Mason must uncover the truth behind the ad and the murder to save his client and find justice.

Prose complexity
4/10

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Tense
BetrayalMystery Box

Genres

Crime Mystery Thriller

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
Marilyn MarlowSupporting
Rose KeelingSupporting
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