Case of Velvet Claws (Hardcover)

from AnnieMod

Usually first novels take some time to build the characters and the relationships; to introduce the dynamics. Gardner somehow manages to pull off his first Mason novel without needing it. The story just starts, backgrounds get revealed when needed and the story just happen. Meet Eva. A married wo...

from Miguelnunonave

Somehow a very stylish legal thriller, incredibly satisfying and clever. A shame that these books aren't re-edited in more decent versions nowadays. You're left with these shabby old paperbacks that do not do justice to the contents.

from grandpahobo

Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason is very different from the TV show version. Much more of a Sam Spade type character.

from RedQueen

A spoiled woman is keen to keep news of her affairs from her powerful husband, even if it costs Perry his freedom when she swears he was on the murder scene.

from smik

Unlike many others in the Perry Mason series, this novel is not centred on a court room drama, but it does introduce the characters who featured in most other novels in the series: his secretary Della Street, a young woman at this time, and obviously in love with her boss; and private eye Paul Dr...