The Case of the Velvet Claws
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimelegalfresh & originalunsavouryintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeExpect a smart, intimate mystery, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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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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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
The first Perry Mason mystery. California lawyer Perry Mason takes on a client, Eva Belter and she's instantly disliked as “all velvet and claws” by his secretary Della Street. Eva's husband George is behind tabloid editor Frank Locke’s blackmail of Congressman Harrison Burke. The politician and Eva had been together at a restaurant when there was an attempted robbery.
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- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Published
- 1933
- Pages
- 288
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