Author Biography

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970) was the top selling American author of the twentieth century, primarily due to the enormous success of his Perry Mason Mysteries, which numbered more than eighty and inspired a half-dozen motion pictures and radio programs, as well as a long-running television series starring Raymond Burr. Having begun his career as a pulp writer, Gardner brought a hard-boiled style and sensibility to his early Mason books, but he gradually developed into a more classic detective novelist, providing clues to allow astute readers to solve his many mysteries. For over a quarter of a century, he wrote more than a million words a year under his own name as well as numerous pseudonyms, the most famous being A. A. Fair.

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"The only dull pages in this book are the blank ones just inside the covers." - The New York Times on The Case of Lazy Lover

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A runaway witness leads a lawyer into a whodunit: "The only dull pages in this book are the blank ones" ( The New York Times ). Defense lawyer Perry Mason is surprised to receive two checks from a stranger named Lola Allred. And when he speaks with Lola's husband, he discovers the woman has run off with her daughter's boyfriend--who happens to be an important witness in a lawsuit. Soon Mason's caught up in a complicated case involving not only a missing witness but forgery and murder as well . . . This mystery is part of Edgar Award-winning author Erle Stanley Gardner's classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON'T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON , BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER'S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS

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"The only dull pages in this book are the blank ones just inside the covers." -- The New York Times on The Case of Lazy Lover

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Enormous TV tie-in opportunity with HBO: Debuting in June 2020, Matthew Rhys stars in this gritty six-part Perry Mason "prequel." Bestselling Mystery Series: The 85 books of the Perry Mason series have sold over 300 million copies. Back in print for the first time in years (and first ebook publication). MP.com's six titles have been out of print for a few decades and have not been available in Ebook format until now. The original, beloved TV series is on the air every day of the week. Starring Raymond Burr, the series set the standard for courtroom drama. Following its run of nine original seasons, the series has never been off the air; currently Perry Mason is on networks like ME TV, FET, and all seasons stream on CBS All Access. Episodes of our six titles ran in Season 1 or 2. Almost a century of appeal: Perry Mason has captivated generations of readers for nearly a century and has no sign of slowing down in popularity

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