The Case of the Crying Swallow, Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Crying Swallow, Erle Stanley Gardner
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The Case of the Crying Swallow

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Narrator: Alexander Cendese

Unabridged: 3 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/24/2017


Synopsis

He announced himself as Mr. Cash. His calling card was ten crisp hundred-dollar bills!“My wife has disappeared,” he told Perry Mason. “She’s in trouble of some sort. I want to find her.”Mr. Cash’s wife was indeed in trouble of a most serious sort. First, her jewelry disappeared. Then she disappeared. Perry Mason had to find her before the police could arrest her—for murder.

About Erle Stanley Gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was a prolific American author best known for his Perry Mason novels, which sold twenty thousand copies a day in the mid-1950s. There have been six motion pictures based on his work and the hugely popular Perry Mason television series starring Raymond Burr, which aired for nine years.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

A man's wife is missing so he comes to Perry Mason to find her. In looking for the wife, Mason finds much more: murder, blackmail, and a lot of suspicious characters. Classic Mason as he unconvers clues with his secretary Della Street and Detective Paul Drake.......more

Perry and Della commit B&E to save someone. It's a novelette so not much else happens. Recommended 12+ for death, mentions of suicide attempt/helping someone after said attempt, language, and other things I may have missed.......more

Not a Perry Mason book. It's a collection of short stories one of which is Perry mason.......more

Goodreads review by Chazzi

The title is the first story in this book. A novelette of one of Perry Mason's cases. It has the twists and turns and surprises of his full length books and all the main characters. Lester Leith is the main character in "The Candy Kid". Leith was introduced to the public in 1929. A cross between Raff......more