The Case of the Substitute Face, Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Substitute Face, Erle Stanley Gardner
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The Case of the Substitute Face

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Narrator: Alexander Cendese

Unabridged: 6 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/27/2016

Synopsis

While enjoying a leisurely ocean cruise in the company of secretary Della Street, Perry Mason is approached by passenger who is worried about the wellbeing of her husband. Not long afterward, her husband is seen jumping off the ship, an apparent suicide—but when the body is recovered, it turns out that he was shot. Accused of murder, the wife puts her fate in the hands of Perry, who in the course of piecing things together unearths the fact that the husband had once accepted a huge bribe while serving on a jury. The case takes many shocking twists and turns before revealing its surprising conclusion.

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

Immediately after Perry Mason's triumph in The Case of the Lame Canary, his secretary, Della Street, persuades him that the two of them should take a long ocean voyage together--an enforced vacation where no client could possibly reach Perry. (Naturally, they're in separate cabins. Perry and Della w......more

Goodreads review by Anastasia

The Case of the Substitute Face by Erle Stanley Gardner is the 12th book in the Perry Mason Mystery series. Della Street and Perry Mason are enjoying an ocean voyage when a passenger is allegedly shot and pushed overboard, and he is again in the middle of a murder mystery. A fast pacedd, complex cas......more

Goodreads review by Dr. Kaaren

This kept me interested throughout, and surprised me at the end. When reading it however, you have to ignore the arcane language that seems trite now, but may not have when it was written. One of the characters used an offensive racial slur multiple times, but I know it was in common parlance at the......more

Goodreads review by Bob

I've been reading Gardner's Perry Mason books off and on for a long time. Many years ago, I was an intense fan of the series, and read them all. Now, after a lot of water over the dam, I'm looking at them again. Those who are used to really fine mystery writers (with the emphasis on "writer"), such a......more

Goodreads review by Amit

A different setting, a long buildup before the murder and some interesting characters all add to the intrigue and sinisterness of the plot. This all leads up to a fast paced, intense and exciting end where Mason again pulls off a daredevil act that isn't exactly legal. And like always, it is a ploy......more

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