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This book, while not my favorite Perry Mason, stands out from the rest as a very different style/framework. This book provides several different points of view and the structure is more similar to the television show than the other Perry Mason books.
The first few chapters introduce us to the residents of the Gentrie household, which include a 5-person nuclear family, a spinster sister-in-law, and a boarder who rents a spare room. They have a bit of a family mystery by way of an empty sealed tin ...more
The first few chapters introduce us to the residents of the Gentrie household, which include a 5-person nuclear family, a spinster sister-in-law, and a boarder who rents a spare room. They have a bit of a family mystery by way of an empty sealed tin ...more
I've been reading Gardner's Perry Mason books for many years. I love the general setting: the characters of Perry, Della, Paul, Lt. Tragg, and Hamilton Burger. That, and the ingenious plots, are why I read Perry Mason.
On the whole, the ones written by about 1953 are the best. This is the nineteenth one, from 1941. By this point, Perry was no longer the hard boiled aggressive ingenious fighter. He (and Gardner) were a bit more relaxed, a bit more mature.
The story begins gradually with the descri ...more
On the whole, the ones written by about 1953 are the best. This is the nineteenth one, from 1941. By this point, Perry was no longer the hard boiled aggressive ingenious fighter. He (and Gardner) were a bit more relaxed, a bit more mature.
The story begins gradually with the descri ...more
Another Perry Mason book I have read multiple times. I really like this one.
A good fast paced mystery, though, I had a feeling that maybe it wasn't Gardner who wrote this book or maybe he decided to deviate a little from his style... There was hardly any legal angle here. More of a whodunit then the usual Perry Mason affair. He also threw in a cypher! An interesting mystery, but not exactly the stuff one expects from a Mason novel.
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Jun 01, 2017
Dave
marked it as to-read
May 03, 2020
Lynneinmd
marked it as to-read
