The case of the shoplifter's shoe / Erle Stanley Gardner ; introduction by Otto Penzler.
Series: Perry Mason. 13 Publication details: New York : Penzler Publishers, 2022.Edition: American Mystery Classics editionDescription: vii, 285 pages ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781613162859
- 9781613162866
- 892.8 23/eng/20220613
- PS3513.A6322 C388 2022
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Crime | GAR | Mason Bk.13 | Available | 071687 |
"Copyright 1938 by Erle Stanley Gardner. Introduction copyright 2022 by Otto Penzler."--title page verso.
"Sleuthing attorney Perry Mason can't resist a good mystery, so when he sees an older woman being accused of shoplifting during a department store outing with his assistant, Della Street, he doesn't hesitate to intervene. Armed with an assumption of innocence and the legal acumen to silence her accuser, Mason leaps to the woman's defense--until her niece appears, acknowledging her aunt's guilt, and pays for the stolen items. Soon thereafter, Aunt Sarah is accused of stealing a valuable set of diamonds, and her niece, Virginia, enlists Mason's aid. The man who left the jewels in Sarah's care insists that she didn't take them, but when he turns up dead, she's left with nobody to vouch for her. Nobody, that is, but Perry Mason--expert in the art of defending the innocent"-- Book jacket.
