The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary: A Perry Mason Mystery (Perry Mason Mysteries (Fawcett Books)) [Mass Market Paperback]

Erle Stanley Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Series: Perry Mason Mysteries (Fawcett Books) | Publication Date: May 2, 2000

THE NAKED AND THE VERY DEAD

The blonde wandering nude at the Remuda Golf Club tells Perry Mason a strange story: While she peacefully sun-bathed near the course, someone made off with her Cadillac, her trailer, and all her belongings--including her precious diary.

The woman blames the police, who suspect her of having stashed away nearly half a million dollars allegedly stolen by her father, who is now in prison. She swears that both she and her father are innocent. So who is bankrolling her leisurely lifestyle? Why is she so desperate to find her diary? And who, if not Mason's beautiful client, would murder a key witness? In a virtuoso courtroom performance, Mason exposes the staggering truth.

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Editorial Reviews

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"Gardner [is] humorous, astute, curious, inventive--who can top him? No one has yet."
--Los Angeles Times

"Erle Stanley Gardner is probably the most widely read of all . . . authors. . . . His success . . . undoubtedly lies in the real-life quality of his characters and their problems, for which he can draw on his own dazzling accomplishments as a trial lawyer."
--The Atlantic

"A clean, economical writer of peerless ingenuity."
--The New York Times

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THE NAKED AND THE VERY DEAD

The blonde wandering nude at the Remuda Golf Club tells Perry Mason a strange story: While she peacefully sun-bathed near the course, someone made off with her Cadillac, her trailer, and all her belongings--including her precious diary.

The woman blames the police, who suspect her of having stashed away nearly half a million dollars allegedly stolen by her father, who is now in prison. She swears that both she and her father are innocent. So who is bankrolling her leisurely lifestyle? Why is she so desperate to find her diary? And who, if not Mason's beautiful client, would murder a key witness? In a virtuoso courtroom performance, Mason exposes the staggering truth.

THE ORIGINAL COURTROOM NOVELS

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett; Reissue edition (May 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345437888
• ISBN-13: 978-0345437884
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,118,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The tightest jam Perry's ever been in!, August 23, 2003

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Naomi Johnson "beauvallet" (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Case of the Sunbather's Diary (A Perry Mason Mystery) (Paperback)

This is the best Perry Mason I've read! (But I have to qualify that -- I've only read about 30 of the 70 or so Gardner wrote.) Facing a perjury charge after he gives some tap-dance testimony to a grand jury, and this close to a murder charge, Perry has never been so close to both ruin and prison, and Hamilton Burger has never been so happy! If you only ever read one Perry Mason mystery, this is the one to get. Right away.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hamilton Burger Had the Upper Hand...., April 11, 2003

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Jeffrey Clinard "Jeffrey" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Case of the Sunbather's Diary (A Perry Mason Mystery) (Paperback)

or so he thought. Burger's legal aruguement was sound, but then he got the shock of his life, when Mason turned it against him. With Burger pleading to get a look at documents Mason produced, he put Mason on the stand against his own client. However, Mason was both clever enough to avoid a criminal charge... and use his own testimony to get his client aquitted...

5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling!, October 29, 2001

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APRICOT "ryoko" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary: A Perry Mason Mystery (Perry Mason Mysteries (Fawcett Books)) (Mass Market Paperback)

Typical Perry Mason mystery with the eccentric opening, the thrilling development and the pleasant victory. Mason is severely cornered; the circumstantial evidence shows that the murderer is either Mason himself or his client, the sunbathing girl. D.A. Hamilton Burger cannot restrain himself from laughing triumphantly. Although I know it is Mason who laughs last, I enjoy the thrillingness very much.