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    The Case of the Lucky Legs
    The Case of the Lucky Legs
    The Case of the Lucky Legs
    Audiobook6 hours

    The Case of the Lucky Legs

    Written by Erle Stanley Gardner

    Narrated by Alexander Cendese

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    Young Marjorie Clune’s best asset is her greatest misfortune: a pair of exquisite legs. They attract the perfect heel, a self-professed movie promoter named Frank Patton, whose scam seems even more flawless than Marjorie’s lissome limbs. When the hype clears, the local chamber of commerce is many dollars poorer, Marjorie’s been hung out to dry—and Patton’s been found with the knife of Marjorie’s lover implanted in his chest.… But will a single cunning lie her lawyer, Perry Mason, tells catch a killer and free her from a nightmare of accusation?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 25, 2016
    ISBN9781531826918
    The Case of the Lucky Legs
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    Erle Stanley Gardner

    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.

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    • 5/5
      Perry Mason saves the day for a young gal who has won a beautiful legs contest only to learn it was a sham. When the "promoter" is found murdered, she if the first suspect. Perry Mason along with Paul Drake and Della Street follow the clues to the truth.
    • 4/5
      At the end of "The Case of the Sulky Girl", Mason received a telegram with a girl's lucky legs and signed by Eva Lamont. So when a man shows up and start talking about the case, the lawyer is a bit confused. J. R. Bradbury had just arrived from Cleverdale after sending the telegram, under a different name because he sent it from his office - or so it claims. And the story he tells is sad - a girl from the town had won a contest for best legs which came with a movie contract and the local businessmen had been sold some of the rights of the movie. Except that the movie was never made because the young girl, Marjorie Clune, was not screening well - or so the studio claimed. Her dreams are shattered, the businessmen will never make any money or get theirs back and J. R. really wants to have the man responsible for all that to punished. But the DA refuses to bring charges. So J. R hires Perry Mason to find the missing clues that will allow the prosecution to take the case. And so the story starts. Then the guy that organized the contest is found dead - and all clues seem to lead to Marjorie. And to Thelma - another girl that had won a contest in a small town - and never had her career. Although it takes a while until everyone sees the connections - and it will take another young lady (not a contest winner), a young doctor (who gets into the frame for the murder as well of course) and J. R. who starts getting weirder and weirder - and start telling Perry Mason what the lawyer must do and to threaten him. Of course Perry does not help himself much by getting involved both in a murder and in the hiding of fugitives but that is to be expected after all. The person that really shines in this installment is Della Street - especially compared to the other women in the book (maybe except for Mamie but we do not see enough of her). She is competent and self-assured and is an even match for Mason. On the other hand Drake was somewhat of a disappointment - he seemed to be there to antagonize Mason most of the time.It is an unusual novel in some ways - there is no trial, the DA and Perry are on the same side (trying to get the swindler) and the novel ends with Perry telling the police the full story and pointing the killer at the last moment. It is closer to a classic mystery than the usual legal thrillers that make up the series and it is handled nicely - the clues are there so when the dots start getting connecting, it does not sound unexpected.
    • 4/5
      Another good yarn. This is not Raymond Burr's Perry Mason. Physically, I can see Burr in the role, but the way Mason skirts the law and schemes was not the way he was portrayed in the TV series. I particularly like the ones written in the 30's. It really catches the flavor of the popular culture of the era. Fun mindless entertainment ... good characters and a good plot.