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"When the cat's away, a murderer will play! In his will, Peter Laxter guaranteed his faithful caretaker a job and a place to live. . . for life. But Laxter's grandson Sam says the deal doesn't include the caretaker's cat - and he wants the feline off the premises by hook, crook. . . or poison. When Perry Mason takes the case, he quickly finds there's much more at stake than an old man's cat. A million dollars more, to be exact. Yet as Mason investigates the well-to-do Laxter household, he discovers that where there's a will, there's often a web of greed, treachery. . . and murder. But who pulled off the almost perfect crime? The inheriting grandsons? The disinherited granddaughter? The lovesick private nurse? And will Perry Mason's trademark curiosity be the death of him?
Price: 6.00 USD

"'Mr. Mason, I'm going to confide in you.' Daphne Milfield paused, and seemed to brace herself. The ringing of the telephone froze the words on her lips. 'Perhaps that's your husband now,' Perry Mason suggested. She picked up the receiver. 'Why no, I don't know a Mr. Tragg. . . Lt. Tragg? No, I don't. . . He does?. . . He is?. . . 'The nerve of that man!' she exclaimed, dropping the receiver back in place. 'He's on his way up here.' 'Lt. Tragg is from headquarters - homicide,' Mason said. 'Who do you know that's been murdered?' 'Good heavens! No one, except perhaps my. . . ' 'Go on.' 'No! No! No one.' 'Were you about to say "my husband?"'"
Price: 6.25 USD

"When Norda Allison saw her husband-to-be slap his young son, she immediately called off the wedding. Now she is terrified. Her ex-fiancé has beat up her new boyfriend. Anonymous newspaper clippings are flooding her mailbox-articles graphically depiction what jilted men do to the women who leave them. Then Norda's life takes an even darker turn. It begins with a barking dog, a child's scream, a gun shot, and the discovery of a very dead body-and ends when Norda is arrested, charged with a brutal murder. Now only brilliant courtroom strategist Perry Mason stands between Norda and a sentence of cert6ain death."
Price: 3.95 USD

"Perry Mason's client placed an ad: 'Am here to conclude negotiations on straight cash basis. No checks. Spot Cash. Contact me at Willatson Hotel.' The notice was signed 36-24-36. . . One look and Della Street knew those measurements couldn't belong to the pretty blonde client. She was certainly guilty of false advertising. . . but was she guilty of murder?"
Price: 3.90 USD

"Before he accepted the retainer from green-eyed Mrs. Sylvia Atwood, Della Street had given her opinion: 'She'd cut your heart out for 37 cents.' After he'd become involved, Sylvia's brother Jarrett told Perry Mason: 'You give that girl her head and she'll get you into hell of a mess.' She did. But it wasn't until after the murder that Perry Mason really took action. 'You're dangerous,' he told her.' I want one thing out of you. Keep your mouth shut and keep your fingers out of the pie.' Sylvia stalked out of his office, head high, shoulders squared. 'Heaven deliver us if she tries anything else,' Mason said. 'Want to bet?' Della Street asked."
Price: 4.95 USD

"The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles simple divorce cases, but this one is a strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who's got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita's beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband's designs, Prescott hatches a plan to prey on them all. . . by suing for big profit. For Mason, this case should be a lark. But when a murdered man is found in the Prescott home - and a nosy neighbor sings an incriminating song about illicit love and a hidden gun - legal eagle Mason suddenly finds himself defending a sitting duck."
Price: 4.95 USD

"'You are not qualifying as an expert mathematician, Lt. Tragg.' 'Well, I'm an expert in the field of criminal investigation and I can make the ordinary mathematical calculations.' Exactly,' Perry Mason said, 'and you can twist them so they suit your purpose. You could say, for instance, that there are only two sexes; therefore the fact that the decedent was a female gives us a one out of two chances; that only about one-tenth of adult females are within this age bracket, therefore you have a factor of twenty to one; that only one in twenty have that coloration of hair, so you multiply and get a factor of four hundred to one; and--' 'That's not fair,' Lt. Tragg interrupted. 'It's your line of reasoning. Can you state beyond a reasonable doubt that the body was that of Dorrie Ambler?' 'No.' 'That's all, Lieutenant,' Mason said politely. Which scored a point for Perry Mason in THE CASE OF THE MISCHIEVOUS DOLL--but left a lot of points unsolved in this most complicated murder mystery."
Price: 5.00 USD

"Any blonde and beautiful young woman who models in the nude will find rivals for her affections, and Maxine Lindsay is no exception. One of her more persistent admirers is Collin M. Durant, a hustling artist with a profitable penchant for showing up masterpieces as fakes. Another is Otto Olney, the millionaire collector whose keen eye for figures runs to both the financial and female varieties. When Maxine lends her services to the first man's latest scam, she finds herself in the middle of a red-hot dispute between Durant and Olney that leaves Durant dead in her shower. A solitary caged canary is the clue that will clear Maxine of the murder charge. But the bird - and Maxine - have mysteriously flown the coop!"
Price: 5.95 USD

"The case against Sarah Breel was all circumstantial. She had been at the scene of the crime at the time it was committed. A footprint of her shoe was beside the corpse. Her shoe had some blood of the victim's type on it. The murder weapon was in her bag, and so were the large diamonds which had been taken from the deceased. How did she explain all that? She didn't. She claimed to have completely lost her memory!"
Price: 3.95 USD

"Mildreth Faulkner runs a successful string of flower shops. Harry Peavis is trying to buy her out. Not Perry Mason's kind of case - until you add a desperate nightclub hostess, a box of poisoned chocolates, and a man with a bullet in his back. Then Mason, with the invaluable aid of Della Street and Paul Drake, is intrigued enough to try to crack The Case of the Silent Partner."
Price: 3.95 USD