{"product_id":"2026100007685-secondhand-the-case-of-the-dubious-bridegroom","title":"The Case Of The Dubious Bridegroom","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st uk ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — tears and chips along folds and corners of jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed — tanning consistent with age. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Binding intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a man desperate to escape his first marriage hatches a scheme involving a Mexican divorce and a mysterious new bride, Perry Mason finds himself entangled in a web of deception that turns deadly. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom is a masterclass in mid-century courtroom suspense, drawing readers into a labyrinth of bigamy, murder, and misdirection that only Los Angeles's most brilliant criminal defence attorney can navigate. Gardner constructs the plot with the precision of a legal brief, each chapter tightening the vice of circumstantial evidence around Mason's client until escape seems impossible.\n\nAt its heart, this is a novel about the lengths to which desperate people will go — and the even greater lengths Mason and his indispensable team of Della Street and Paul Drake must travel to uncover the truth. Gardner's prose is crisp, fast-paced, and utterly assured, reflecting his own background as a practising attorney and his unmatched command of courtroom drama. One of over eighty Perry Mason mysteries, this entry stands as a sharp reminder that in Gardner's world, the law is never quite what it seems — and neither is the accused.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130585391323,"sku":"2026100007685-SECONDHAND","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3b397474-f81a-4df2-a1c2-6fa440b5313a.png?v=1786586824","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007685-secondhand-the-case-of-the-dubious-bridegroom","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}