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Take a no-holds-barred proxy war for a rich Texas oil company, with Jerry Conway, its young president, fighting for survival. Add a beautiful woman in a mudpack and not much else who gives up a freshly fired .38 to Conway before she shows him the door. Top it off with the body of another young woman with a bullet in her chest fired by the same gun, and you have the recipe for the perfect murder -- and the perfect frame-up. Perry Mason has two problems. His client, Jerry Conway, is the prime show more suspect. And Perry himself is the accused accessory.... show lessTags
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Reviewed Nov 2004
The second Perry Mason I’ve read also very interesting, lots of turns and an overall good read. A CEO of an oil company is involved in a proxy battle for his company. He is trapped at a hotel thinking he would receive information needed to win his battle when in fact a young woman is found murdered. The full team is involved in the investigation and Perry “the Superman” as usual needs very little sleep and is kept going by smokes and coffee. This story is a bit different as Della gives Perry a kiss on the mouth, he thanks her and then drives off. Nothing more is even said. Followers of the Perry Mason series must have been very frustrated at their relationship, how can they have such strong feelings for each show more other and not have a sexual relationship? Della devotes her life to Perry and he repays her devotion with a paycheck. Maybe in the long run it is cheaper to keep this arrangement?
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The second Perry Mason I’ve read also very interesting, lots of turns and an overall good read. A CEO of an oil company is involved in a proxy battle for his company. He is trapped at a hotel thinking he would receive information needed to win his battle when in fact a young woman is found murdered. The full team is involved in the investigation and Perry “the Superman” as usual needs very little sleep and is kept going by smokes and coffee. This story is a bit different as Della gives Perry a kiss on the mouth, he thanks her and then drives off. Nothing more is even said. Followers of the Perry Mason series must have been very frustrated at their relationship, how can they have such strong feelings for each show more other and not have a sexual relationship? Della devotes her life to Perry and he repays her devotion with a paycheck. Maybe in the long run it is cheaper to keep this arrangement?
19-2004 show less
The book starts off very strong with the frame-up of a businessman for murder; however, by page 120, so many layers of the solution have already been revealed that the only thing left is to solve the murder, which shouldn't take 50 pages.
I really enjoyed this one. Again, this is one of the first Perry Mason's I ever read, and I can see why I embarked on a journey to read them all. I loved the operator who can identify people from their shoes. This also made for a good episode of the TV series.
This one was OK, no great shakes, but then it served its purpose as mindless entertainment. -1996
"Who found the body?"
"We did."
"That’s bad!"
"I know," Mason said, putting his arm around her shoulder and patting her reassuringly. "We always seem to be finding bodies."
"We did."
"That’s bad!"
"I know," Mason said, putting his arm around her shoulder and patting her reassuringly. "We always seem to be finding bodies."
This book was dedicated to Merton M. Minter MD, for his post retirement work to "study the problems of evidence, of law enforcement, and the part the citizen should play in co-operating with the various law enforcement agencies." From the preface. What a tribute!!! Stop reading this and read the book ASAP!!
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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 Daring Decoy
- Original title
- The Case of the Daring Decoy
- Original publication date
- 1957
- People/Characters
- Perry Mason; Della Street
- Related movies
- The Case of the Daring Decoy (1958 | IMDb)
- First words
- Jerry Conway opened the paper to page six.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"...Put it on your fee as an expense."
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