The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
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The Case of the Dangerous Dowager

by Erle Stanley Gardner

1937•Mystery•288 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivelegalcrimefresh & originalintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeIntricate and small-scale: a fresh mystery. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

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3.7 / 5

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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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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

MysteryDetectiveLegalCrimeSolving the riddle/not as it seemsInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

Detective and mystery stories, AmericanAmerican Detective and mystery storiesDetective and mystery storiesCaliforniaLawyers

Details

Author
Erle Stanley Gardner
Published
1937
Pages
288
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