The case of the terrified typist : a Perry Mason mystery / Erle Stanley Gardner.

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Title:

The case of the terrified typist : a Perry Mason mystery / Erle Stanley Gardner.

Author:

Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970, author.

ISBN:

9781504061360

Physical Description:

xii, 182 pages ; 21 cm.

Series:

Perry Mason mysteries

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1956.

"The character that inspired the ... HBO original series"--Cover.

Abstract:

"Defense lawyer Perry Mason needs a temporary typist, but the one he hires turns out to be more temporary than expected. When she disappears, leaving a couple of diamonds behind in her haste, Mason winds up taking on a new client: a gem importer in his office building who's been charged with smuggling and murder. But if Mason's going to untangle this case, finding the typist is key"--Back cover.

Personal Subject:

Mason, Perry (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Mason, Perry (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01011141

Subject Term:

Legal stories.

Typists -- Fiction.

Missing persons -- Fiction.

Diamonds -- Fiction.

Gems -- Fiction.

Dactylos -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Personnes disparues -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Diamants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Diamonds (OCoLC)fst00892595

Gems (OCoLC)fst00939558

Legal stories (OCoLC)fst00995558

Missing persons (OCoLC)fst01023702

Typists (OCoLC)fst01160071

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction (OCoLC)fst01726581

Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787

Legal fiction (Literature) (OCoLC)fst01921711

Legal fiction (Literature)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Romans judiciaires.

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Summary

The Edgar Award-winning author's tale of a missing woman and a crime ring, featuring the lawyer and detective who inspired the HBO limited series.

Defense lawyer Perry Mason needs a temporary typist, but the one he hires turns out to be more temporary than expected. When she disappears, leaving a couple of diamonds behind in her haste, Mason winds up taking on a new client: a gem importer in his office building who's been charged with smuggling and murder. But if Mason's going to untangle this case, finding the typist is key . . .

This mystery is part of Edgar Award-winning author Erle Stanley Gardner's classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany.

"Millions of Americans never seem to tire of Gardner's thrillers." -- The New York Times

DON'T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON , BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER'S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS