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Perry Mason without a courtroom in sight. This is a total trip.

The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito - Perry Mason #23 by Erle Stanley Gardener

August 28, 2022 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr square series Well, now, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it?  Man, I love this series, and this one, #23, was just plain fun.  Not a courtroom in sight, and instead of Paul Drake putting in a bit of sleuthing footwork for Perry, he gets to be bait.  A good time was had by all. Banning Clarke and Salty Bowers are a pair of prospectors, seeking lost gold mines in Southern California. (Ahahaha, sure, boys.)  But Banning got mixed up with a wealthy dame (now […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: 1940s, 1940s mystery, cbr14, Erle Stanley Gardener, Malibu hideout, Mojave desert, perry mason, Prospecting, So Cal mystery, TV detective

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: 1940s, 1940s mystery, cbr14, Erle Stanley Gardener, Malibu hideout, Mojave desert, perry mason, Prospecting, So Cal mystery, TV detective ·
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Perry Mason fans out there? C’mon, I know you’re out there. Da da daaa, da DONT.

The Case of thr Buried Clock by Erlr Stanley Gardner

January 30, 2020 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

  Well my friends, we are back in the cozy world of Perry Mason, who always wins (OK, maybe there is that one time on TV, but haven’t read it yet). And for me, a So. Cal. native, one of the chief charms of this series is a world I vaguely remember. So this is written in 1943, and I was not around yet, but my mom was. She was 15, just moved from Brooklyn to San Pedro, and in her junior year of high […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Erlr Stanley Gardner, mystery, perry mason, So. CA mystery

elderberrywine's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Erlr Stanley Gardner, mystery, perry mason, So. CA mystery ·
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