The Case Of The Lazy Lover
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
When a wealthy man is found dead and his amorous alibi unravels, the stage is set for one of Perry Mason's most tangled courtroom battles. In The Case of the Lazy Lover, the brilliant defence attorney takes on a case where a client's reluctance to reveal the truth of his whereabouts threatens to send an innocent man to the gallows — and where every secret unearthed opens a new avenue of suspicion. Erle Stanley Gardner, one of the most commercially successful crime writers of the twentieth century, constructs a tightly plotted legal thriller with the precision of a craftsman and the pace of a runaway train. His Perry Mason novels — and this entry is no exception — are celebrated for their ingenious courtroom theatrics, cunning plot reversals, and the unshakeable confidence of a lawyer who always seems one step ahead of the prosecution. With a cast of morally ambiguous characters and a mystery that keeps its hand concealed until the final moment, The Case of the Lazy Lover reminds readers why Gardner's work defined an entire era of American crime fiction.
Author: Erle Stanley Gardner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Heinemann
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
When a wealthy man is found dead and his amorous alibi unravels, the stage is set for one of Perry Mason's most tangled courtroom battles. In The Case of the Lazy Lover, the brilliant defence attorney takes on a case where a client's reluctance to reveal the truth of his whereabouts threatens to send an innocent man to the gallows — and where every secret unearthed opens a new avenue of suspicion. Erle Stanley Gardner, one of the most commercially successful crime writers of the twentieth century, constructs a tightly plotted legal thriller with the precision of a craftsman and the pace of a runaway train. His Perry Mason novels — and this entry is no exception — are celebrated for their ingenious courtroom theatrics, cunning plot reversals, and the unshakeable confidence of a lawyer who always seems one step ahead of the prosecution. With a cast of morally ambiguous characters and a mystery that keeps its hand concealed until the final moment, The Case of the Lazy Lover reminds readers why Gardner's work defined an entire era of American crime fiction.