{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-rolling-bones-a-perry-mason-mystery-paperback","title":"The Case of the Rolling Bones: A Perry Mason Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErle Stanley Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOtto Penzler\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerry Mason investigates a case of blackmail with a side of loaded dice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears ago, Alden Leeds struck it rich when he discovered a vein of gold. Now, aging and single, he finds himself surrounded by family waiting patiently to inherit his fortune. When he announces his engagement to a much younger woman, it sends that family into a panic, fearing that it might threaten their future gains. They have him admitted into a sanitarium, claiming incompetence--and that's when lawyering super-sleuth Perry Mason gets involved, but the case is about to get much more complicated... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore all is said and done, Mason will tangle with a cheating gambler, a blackmailer, multiple aliases, multiple corpses, and enough red herrings to lead even the most astute reader astray. It will push the attorney's deductive powers to their very limits before all is revealed, finally, in his masterful courtroom cross-examination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fast-paced yarn with a delightfully convoluted plot, \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Rolling Bones\u003c\/i\u003e is among the best of the long-running Perry Mason novels, which would go on to inspire multiple television series as well as adaptations for radio and film. The book exemplifies the masterful page-turning action for which its prolific author is remembered today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErle Stanley Gardner \u003c\/b\u003e(1889-1970) was a prolific American author best known for his works centered on the lawyer-detective Perry Mason. At the time of his death in March of 1970, in Ventura, California, Gardner was \"the most widely read of all American writers\" and \"the most widely translated author in the world,\" according to social historian Russell Nye. The first Perry Mason novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Case of The Velvet Claws\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1933, had sold twenty-eight million copies in its first fifteen years. In the mid-1950s, the Perry Mason novels were selling at the rate of twenty thousand copies a day. 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 and 271 episodes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOtto Penzler\u003c\/b\u003e, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of the Mysterious Press (1975); Mysterious Press.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City's Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Mystery and Detection\u003c\/i\u003e, 1977, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lineup\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from Noircon and \u003ci\u003eThe Strand Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He has edited more than 80 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43431989248089,"sku":"9781613164624","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/3Sj5Tj2_yl9781613164624.webp?v=1781373080","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/the-case-of-the-rolling-bones-a-perry-mason-mystery-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}