She gives Mason a key to her husband's office, a key for Mason to use once her husband has died. Her husband hasn't died just yet, though his death seems certain, when she hires Perry Mason to help her manage her estate. A letter that supposedly will paint quite a different picture of her. His wife, Myrna Davenport, knows that her husband has allegedly written a letter that will be delivered to the authorities if/when he dies. The husband has been talking badly about her, telling others that his wife is trying to kill him, hinting that his wife has killed before. The Case of the Runaway Corpse is my first Perry Mason novel, and I was definitely happy with it! In this detective novel, Perry Mason is hired by an unhappily married woman with a dying husband. "They won't discuss it with a mere secretary."
210 pages.ĭella Street, Perry Mason's confidential secretary, entered the lawyer's private office and said, "There are two women in the outer office who say they have to see you at once." was not only a mine of information as to practical detective work on this side of the water, but was able to furnish the latest informationĬondition: Very Good ++. In the foreword to that book Gardner states. Brittain was lecturing in Harvard in 1948 on Homicide Investigation and Gardner attended the seminars while he was writing The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom. The recipient was Doctor R P Brittain, from the University of Glasgow - a doctor, criminologist and barrister. The dedication reads: To Rob with lots of the best from Uncle Erle.
This copy has been SIGNED and dedicated by Erle Stanley Gardner to the title page. The closed page edges are very slightly dulled. The upper corners are very gently bruised.
There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The back panel shows light nicking and scuffing to the edges.īOOK: The book is square and tight. The spine is scuffed, rubbed and nicked to both ends. The front panel is bright and unfaded, showing rubbing and surface creasing to the top edge and to the lower spine corner. It is unclipped - showing the price $2.75 on the inside flap. WRAPPER: The wrapper on this copy is bright and complete. A SIGNED US first edition, first impression.
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