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The case of the lonely heiress : a Perry Mason mystery / Erle Stanley Gardner.
Title:
The case of the lonely heiress : a Perry Mason mystery / Erle Stanley Gardner.
Author:
Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970, author.
ISBN:
9781504061339
Physical Description:
vi, 224 pages ; 21 cm
Series:
Perry Mason mysteries

Perry Mason mystery.
General Note:
"The character that inspired the ... HBO original series Perry Mason"--Cover

Originally published: New York : William Morrow & Company, 1948
Abstract:
A suspicious Miss Lonelyhearts advertisement leads the famous defense attorney into a complicated situation involving a disputed will, a key witness, and a greedy relative

"Marilyn Marlow has inherited a good deal of money from her mother. But the money originated with another will--that of her mother's wealthy employer. Now his relatives are contesting the will, and it's Rose Keeling, the key witness to its signing, whose mind they will need to sway. When Rose is murdered, sleuthing lawyer Perry Mason must navigate a twisted case involving a personal ad that casts a cloud of suspicion over his client, Miss Marlow, in this mystery in Edgar Award-winning author Erle Stanley Gardner's classic."-- publisher's description