The Case of the Haunted Husband, Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Haunted Husband, Erle Stanley Gardner
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The Case of the Haunted Husband

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Narrator: Alexander Cendese

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/14/2017


Synopsis

Aspiring actress Stephane Olger just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots instead when she gets herself caught up in a crime. Shortly after quitting her job and moving to Hollywood, she is picked up by a well-dressed man while hitchhiking. The man loses control of the car and they end up in a horrible accident. Both Stephane and the driver escape unscathed but the strange man flees the scene leaving Stephane to face a charge of manslaughter.Stephane’s rich uncle hires Perry Mason to defend her and he and the private detective Paul Drake immediately start gathering evidence. It turns out that the car, of course, was stolen, and belongs to a Hollywood producer who has been in contact with the mystery man who is from San Francisco. A woman has been promised a job by him, but is given one by Perry Mason instead. She, too, disappears, and in another room of the hotel her luggage is found with a man who has been shot. In the courtroom Perry Mason discovers many other facts, but in the meantime the film producer’s chauffeur is murdered, making his task much harder.It’s up to Perry Mason to find the truth behind a suspicious scenario starring a menacing movie mogul, a hoodwinked housewife, and a man no one has ever seen—alive!

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

When hatcheck girl Stephanie Claire is fired after refusing her boss's advances, she impulsively decides to hitchhike to Los Angles to see if she can break into the movies. She gets a ride to Bakersfield and there is picked up by a man in a powerful sedan. The man's been drinking and when he tries t......more

I am on tour on a workshop, and read this as a light read. Sadly, I found out that I have outgrown Perry Mason. The court scenes simply do not engender the excitement they used to - and if you discount them, the mystery is pretty pedestrian. Don't be put off, folks, by this "review" - it's a personal......more

Goodreads review by Alonzo

This is atypical Mason, with Perry acting more like a golden age sleuth than typical, and Hamilton Burger is nowhere in sight. This time, to the extent there is an antagonist, it’s Lt. Tragg, and unlike with Burger, finding the actual killer is more important than destroying Mason. So, alas, the cou......more

Goodreads review by Lemar

This may be the quintessential Perry Mason novel. Gardner deftly weaves profound ideas about justice (particularly the ethos of being a defense attorney), sly humor, and meaningful and articulate ideas about life into his page-turner whodunnits. The best murder mystery writers do not shy away from d......more