Criminal lawyer and bestselling mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote nearly 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Now, the American Bar Association is bringing back his most famous and enduring novels-featuring criminal defense lawyer and sleuth Perry Mason-in striking trade paperback editions. Unfortunately, Marjorie Clune's legs are not as lucky as they first appear-when movie promoter Frank Patton's hype clears, it's obvious his "lucky legs" contest and the movies that were supposed to follow was a fraud. When Patton is found with Marjorie's lover's knife in his chest, Perry Mason must exonerate the young woman and find the real killer.

Author Biography

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was a prolific American author best known for his Perry Mason novels, which sold twenty thousand copies a day in the mid-1950s. There have been six motion pictures based on his work and the hugely popular Perry Mason television series starring Raymond Burr, which aired for nine years.