The undisputed best-selling American writer of his time, Erle Stanley Gardner wrote over a 130 detective and mystery novels, the most famous of which feature the criminal defense lawyer Perry Mason. Gardner created several other popular characters, including Doug Selby, a virtuous crusading district attorney, the middle-aged, greedy private detective Bertha Cool and the knowledgeable legalist Donald Lam. Gardner’s works are noted for their complex plots and realistic depictions of legal proceedings, based on the author’s personal experiences working as a lawyer. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Gardner’s complete novels, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

Please note: the posthumous Cool and Lam novel ‘The Knife Slipped’ was first published in 2016 and so cannot appear in this edition, due to copyright restrictions.

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Gardner’s life and works
* Concise introductions to each series
* All 132 novels, with individual contents tables
* The complete Perry Mason novels and short stories
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Includes Gardner’s non-fiction masterpiece, ‘The Court of Last Resort’, which won an Edgar Award
* A selection of short stories
* Alva Johnston’s biography on Gardner — first time in digital print
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

Perry Mason Novels
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933)
The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
The Case of the Curious Bride (1934)
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (1935)
The Case of the Caretaker’s Cat (1935)
The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece (1936)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936)
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937)
The Case of the Lame Canary (1937)
The Case of the Substitute Face (1938)
The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe (1938)
The Case of the Perjured Parrot (1939)
The Case of the Rolling Bones (1939)
The Case of the Baited Hook (1940)
The Case of the Silent Partner (1940)
The Case of the Haunted Husband (1941)
The Case of the Empty Tin (1941)
The Case of the Drowning Duck (1942)
The Case of the Careless Kitten (1942)
The Case of the Buried Clock (1943)
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943)
The Case of the Crooked Candle (1944)
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (1944)
The Case of the Golddigger’s Purse (1945)
and many more -- too many to list!

The Biography
The Case of Erle Stanley Gardner (1947) by Alva Johnston