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The Case of the Screaming Woman (Perry Mason Mysteries (House of Stratus)) (Paperback)
by Erle Stanley Gardner (Author)
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  • Paperback: 186 pages
  • Publisher: House of Stratus; New Ed edition (October 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1842320912
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842320914
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars 3 customer reviews (3 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Otherwise strong novel marred by the courtroom scene, April 2, 1999
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This review is from: The Case of the Screaming Woman (Mass Market Paperback)
Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason is faced with a peculiar request in "The Case of the Screaming Woman." Joan Kirby wants Mason to cross-examine her husband, who she says told her a cock-and-bull story about picking up a stranded woman in the middle of the night and dropping her off at a hotel. When Mason investigates, he finds that his new client is likely to be implicated in the murder of a doctor running a singular sort of clinic.

It should come as no surprise that the book ends with a dramatic courtroom confrontation. This time, though, the scene rings false. Mason confronts his D.A. nemesis, Hamilton Burger, but the D.A.'s actions seem unusually inept and cartoonish. Mason succeeds in making a fool of the man far too easily, and the book ends on an unimpressive note. This ending is especially unfortunate given the strong beginning. In setting up the preliminary hearing, Gardner does a wonderful job of presenting the lies of witnesses and suspects alike, leaving Mason with the difficult task of finding the truth in the pile of lies. In addition, the mystery here is one of Gardner's better ones. The clues are there, and the identity of the true culprit still comes as a surprise. The review, then, is mixed. Amid so many good things is the one false note, but the prominence of that note makes it a real clunker.

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