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Mason gives Della Street two weeks' vacation That is, it was supposed to be a vacation, but Della turned it into a busman's holiday. Target of interest was a well-stacked blonde--one who incredibly stashed away five enormous meals a day. Her name was Dianne, and when Mason unexpectedly appeared, he and Della discovered she had signed a contract to gain weight quickly in order to model clothes for "stylish stouts." Perry smelled a rat, and when he read the contract he found a nest of them. show more One led straight to murder.... show lessTags
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Another classic minimal nonsense Perry Mason. The final homely gather-round to Marple and Poirot is what the courtroom to Mason. And what a twist! Gardner truly has no time to hold your hand nor to tie up the book with anything beyond the basic bow.
No fuss, no muss. Perfect antidote to red-herringful mysteries.
Aside: I'm surprised that it's taken three Perry Masons for me to get to one that has a buxomy blonde in a bikini! It seems like such a stereotypical white hardboiled gruff 50s detective thing to be doing a rapid fire transatlantic broadcaster voice, saying stuff like hey now here dollface check out the gams on that dame etc.
No fuss, no muss. Perfect antidote to red-herringful mysteries.
Aside: I'm surprised that it's taken three Perry Masons for me to get to one that has a buxomy blonde in a bikini! It seems like such a stereotypical white hardboiled gruff 50s detective thing to be doing a rapid fire transatlantic broadcaster voice, saying stuff like hey now here dollface check out the gams on that dame etc.
One of the better Perry Mason novels IMHO. Great characters, story line and a puzzle to solve involving the time kept by one of Paul Drake's operatives.
Typical perry mason which is not a negative statement
Big ship
23 July 2016
Big ship
23 July 2016
Original price: $0.45
Good use of timetables to solve a difficult case.
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Mystery writer Erle Gardner was born on July 17, 1889 in Malden, Massachusetts. In 1902, he had moved to Oroville, CA. His parents could not afford to send a second son to college, so he worked in a legal office as a clerk reading law. He spent a short time at Valparaiso University in Indiana but had to drop out because of an illegal boxing show more exhibition. He continued to travel throughout California and read law at several law offices and finally passed the bar in 1911, at the age of 21. He married Natalie Francis Beatrice Talbert on April 9, 1912. In 1916, he formed the Law Firm of Orr and Gardner in Venture, CA. Gardner used many pseudonyms such as Charles Green, Kyle Corning and Grant Holiday. While working as an attorney, he began writing fiction. In 1921, "Nellie's Naughty Nighty" was published in the pulp magazine Breezy Stories. He had a goal of writing 100,000 words a month and would sometimes write two or more stories a day. In 1923, "The Shrieking Skeleton" was sold to the Black Mask Magazine. In the 1930's, Gardner had two manuscripts that were rejected and than "rediscovered" by Thayer Hobson, the president of the William Morrow Publishing Company, and rewritten as courtroom mysteries. During this process, the character Perry Mason was born. In 1933, the first Perry Mason book was written, "The Case of the Velvet Claws." The next one was entitled "The Case of the Sulky Girl" and they were followed by more than eighty additional Mason mysteries. Gardner died on March 11, 1970. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
- Original title
- The Case of the Blonde Bonanza; The case of the blonde bonanza
- Original publication date
- 1962
- People/Characters
- Perry Mason; Della Street; Diana Alder
- First words*
- Della Street, Perry Masons Sekretärin, verbrachte bei ihrer Tante in Bolero Beach einen zweiwöchigen Urlaub.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Also gehen wir hinaus und füttern die Reporter."
- Original language*
- Amerikanisch
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