The Case of The Velvet Claws Erle Stanley Gardner 1933

The Case of The Velvet Claws
Erle Stanley Gardner
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1933
310 pages

The binding is weakening but in acceptable condition. The pages are tanned, foxed and have brown age spots. The front and rear end papers have heavily crossed out names. The cover is very rubbed, has a light crease and chipped areas on the spine and the corners show wear. The top and bottom page ends have bug damage. Fair. Hardcover.

Perry Mason, criminal lawyer, is retained by a much too beautiful woman who obviously is concealing more than she is telling. She has heard that Mason is not only a law unto himself, but that he never lets a client down. Having been rather indiscreet, she is involved in blackmail. The case is immediately complicated by murder, and Mason finds himself busy keeping clear of the law himself as he is in saving his client. The action is swift, dramatic, convincing. The handling and solution of the case are well developed and accurate, perhaps because the author is a practicing lawyer with a trained legal mind. (#00002396)