The Case of the Dangerous Dowager

Name: The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Erle Stanley Gardner
ISBN: 9781531827199

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Series: Perry Mason #10

Narrator: Alexander Cendese

Unabridged: 5 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 12/06/2016

Categories: Fiction, Legal, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

When Matilda Benson solicits the help of Perry Mason, her request seems simple enough: cruise to a gambling ship moored just beyond the twelve-mile limit and buy back the IOUs signed by Miss Benson's niece. But after Mason reaches the floating casino, he discovers problems aplenty—most notably the ship's owner with a bullet hole through his head. Strangely enough, Matilda and her niece are also on board that night…when someone tosses a gun over the railing. Does Perry Mason's client have something to hide?

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 James on May 12, 2015

Matilda Benson is an elderly cigar-smoking widow who has kicked over the traces somewhat late in life and decided to march to the beat of her own drummer. She appears in Perry Mason's office and asks Mason to get possession of some I.O.U.s that her granddaughter has foolishly given the owners of a g......more

Goodreads review by Anastasia on November 28, 2021

The Case of the Dangerous Dowager by Erle Stanley Gardner is the 10th book in the Perry Mason Mystery series. Perry Mason is hired by wealthy widow Matilda Benson to retrieve IOUs that her granddaughter had given to owners of a gambling ship and which would cause problems in current divorce and cust......more

Goodreads review by Lemar on May 10, 2016

Another absolute winner. This one features the intriguing world of offshore gambling barges in 1930's Los Angeles.......more

Goodreads review by Tom on August 05, 2020

This is the first Perry Mason novel I’ve read. Why did they go out of print? They don’t feel any more dated than Nero Wolfe and the Raymond Burr TV show and movies should have given them a broader reading audience. It might be because the Perry Mason of the books is conniving and probably unethical......more

Goodreads review by Red on July 27, 2021

This one started off badly. The idea of a plot about some gambling IOUs and a gambling ship in international waters didn't sound particularly promising or interesting to me. I was going to give up on it. Then, once the murder happened and a plethora of suspects were on board at the time, it picked u......more