Erle Stanley Gardner has an amazing sales record: at the height of his popularity in the mid-1960s he was selling an average of 26,000 copies of his novels a day, making him one of the world's best selling author's, easily outstripping at the time Agatha Christie and Barbara Cartland combined. The fictional attorney became the basis of a number of television series (reputedly 271 episodes), and achieved an enviable record for winning his cases. He wrote 146 books, 85 of which feature Perry Mason. Challenging and full of surprises, these are whodunits in the best tradition. A civil rights lawyer, his mysteries contain intricate, ever-twisting plots. Author biography: Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) is the master of American mystery fiction.
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