| ISBN |
9781613162866 (paperback) |
| Name |
Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970 author. |
| Title |
The case of the shoplifter's shoe / Erle Stanley Gardner ; introduction by Otto Penzler. |
| Published |
New York : Penzler/Penzler Publishers, 2022. |
| ©1938 |
| Description |
vii, 285 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
At head of title: Otto Penzler presents American mystery classics. |
| 'Copyright ©1938 by Erle Stanley Gardner. Introduction copyright ©2022 by Otto Penzler.'--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"Sleuthing attorney Perry Mason can't resist a good mystery, so when he sees an older woman being accused of shoplifting during a department store outing with his assistant, Della Street, he doesn't hesitate to intervene. Armed with an assumption of innocence and the legal acumen to silence her accuser, Mason leaps to the woman's defense--until her niece appears, acknowledging her aunt's guilt, and pays for the stolen items. Soon thereafter, Aunt Sarah is accused of stealing a valuable set of diamonds, and her niece, Virginia, enlists Mason's aid. The man who left the jewels in Sarah's care insists that she didn't take them, but when he turns up dead, she's left with nobody to vouch for her. Nobody, that is, but Perry Mason--expert in the art of defending the innocent"-- Back cover. |
| Subjects |
Mason, Perry (Fictitious character) Fiction |
| Older women -- Fiction |
| Theft -- Fiction |
| Gems -- Fiction |
| Kleptomania -- Fiction |
| Murder -- Fiction |
| Jewelry -- Fiction |
| Lawyers -- United States -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Legal fiction (Literature) |
| Other Names |
Penzler, Otto author of introduction. |
| Series |
Perry Mason mystery series 13. |
| Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library |
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