The Case of the Horrified Heirs

erle stanley gardner william morrow

WITNESS FOR THE DECEASED...

Virginia Baxter is the only witness still living who can vouch for the authenticity of Lauretta Trent's will. Lauretta Trent, a wealthy widow, is also still living. But for how long? someone has been peppering the spicy food Lauretta loves with arsenic. Could it be the same someone who tried framing Virginia Baxter for drug smuggling?

Lauretta Trent doesn't trust her greedy heirs. But could a scheming servant be behind a master plan to fleece her estate? It all seems to fit. But when Lauretta is murdered on the highway, all the evidence places Virginia Baxter squarely in the driver's seat. Confused? Just think how Virginia's lawyer, Perry Mason, must feel...

Genres mysteryfictioncrimenovelsthrillerdetectiveaudiobooksuspensemystery thrillermurder mystery

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 2,1964

Series

Perry Mason

This edition

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: August 30, 1995 by Fawcett
ISBN: 9780345392275
ASIN: 0345392272
Language: English

Characters More characters

Perry Mason

One of the great fictional detective and legal drama characters of the 20th century. Out of Los Angeles, California. He fights for his clients, whether they are likeable or not and goes well beyond what one would expect. He only does criminal law and does...
Della Street

Della Street is Perry Masons secretary. When we first meet her, she is about 27. She has exceptional skills, and is devoted to her employer. She worries about his safety. Calls him Chief. The two are a close-knit team.more...
Virginia Baxter

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Paul Drake

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About the author

erle stanley gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author of detective stories who also published under the pseudonyms A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Les Tillray, and Robert Parr.

Innovative and restless in his nature, he was bored by the routine of legal practice, the only part of which he enjoyed was trial work and the development of trial strategy. In his spare time, he began to write for pulp magazines, which also fostered the early careers of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. He created many different series characters for the pulps, including the ingenious Lester Leith, a "gentleman thief" in the tradition of Raffles, and Ken Corning, a crusading lawyer who was the archetype of his most successful creation, the fictional lawyer and crime-solver Perry Mason, about whom he wrote more than eighty novels. With the success of Perry Mason, he gradually reduced his contributions to the pulp magazines, eventually withdrawing from the medium entirely, except for non-fiction articles on travel, Western history, and forensic science.

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