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Chargement... The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1959)par Erle Stanley Gardner
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Appartient à la sériePerry Mason Novels (Book 60) Appartient à la série éditorialeVampiro (222) Öölane (106)
LETHAL CABIN FEVER Gladys Doyle's luxurious ski weekend, courtesy of her employer, takes a sharp turn for the worse when she heads home on Sunday. Heavy storms force her to seek shelter with a surly stranger in a lonely mountain cabin. Next morning there's a dead man in the bedroom, the mysterious host has disappeared, and poor Gladys's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. Her desperate plight sends Perry Mason ice-fishing in dangerous waters--for a catch that includes a silk scarf curiously decorated with monkeys, a pristine tea kettle, a bodyguard who takes care of his clients permanently, and a viscious bottom feeder hungry for prey . . . . THE ORIGINAL COURTROOM NOVELS Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Gladys Doyle’s is Mauvis Mean, authoress of the recent best-selling novel, “Chop the Man Down.” It is quite a racy and gritty book about a small town girl surviving in the big city. Seems there are references to some important and dangerous people.
After a month of secretarial duties, screening incoming calls and other similar tastes, Mauvis gives Gladys a job on the local ski slopes. Gladys is to meet with a PR man, from the studio who bought the rights to “Chop the Man Down.” Mauvis doesn’t want to be bothers, so she is sending her personal, confidential secretary.
Mauvis give Gladys money for expenses, her car to use, the use of the apartment she keeps in reserve at the ski lodge and a shortcut from the lodge, back down the hill and back to the city.
All goes well until the return trip home. A storm breaks out making driving and visibility close to impossible. Gladys takes a wrong turn and ends up stranding the car. She finds a cabin nearby and takes shelter. The man who opens the door isn’t very happy about her appearance, but lets her stay. When she wakes up the next morning, the man is gone. Instead, there is another man the cabin — a dead man.
A name Mauvis had mentioned stuck in Gladys’ mind — Perry Mason.
Perry takes the case, but knows it won’t be simple. To win he will have to stay ahead of Lieutenant Tragg, and Tragg is on the move to win.
Another case where Perry seems to pull rabbits out of hats — but this time it is a scarf with three monkeys on it — hear — see — speak. ( )