
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivelegalcrimefresh & originalintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeIntricate and small-scale: a fresh mystery. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
3 ratings
About This Book
Perry Mason is retained by cigar-smoking, free-thinking, and hard-driving Matilda Benson to get IOUs totaling $7000 is gambling debts that her granddaughter Sylvia owes to two hardballs, crooked proprietors of The Horn of Plenty, who are willing to sell them to the highest bidder- which might end up being Sylvia’s cunning husband, who will stop at nothing prove Sylvia is an unfit mother, and should not be trusted...
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- Author
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 288
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- Open Library
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