Bøger af Erle Stanley Gardner

From Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner - during his life, the best-selling American author of all time -- comes a lost classic of detective fiction featuring private eyes Donald Lam (once played by Frank Sinatra!) and Bertha Cool.

Edgar Award Winner: True stories of miscarriages of justice, legal battles, and landmark reversals, by the creator of Perry Mason. In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl along the banks of the Yuba River, and was awaiting execution at San Quentin. After reviewing the case, Gardner agreed to helpit seemed the fate of the ';Red-Headed Killer' hinged on the testimony of a colorblind witness. Gardner's intervention sparked the Court of Last Resort. The Innocence Project of its day, this ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking was devoted to investigating, reviewing, and reversing wrongful convictions owing to poor legal representation, prosecutorial abuses, biased police activity, bench corruption, unreliable witnesses, and careless forensic-evidence testimony. The crimes: rape, murder, kidnapping, and manslaughter. The prisoners: underprivileged and vulnerable men wrongly convicted and condemned to life sentences or death row with only one hopethe devotion of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort. Featuring Gardner's most damning cases of injustice from across the country, The Court of Last Resort won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. Originating as a monthly column in Argosy magazine, it was produced as a dramatized court TV show for NBC.

From the world-famous creator of "Perry Mason," Erle Stanley Gardner comes another baffling case for the Cool & Lam detective agency

Perry Mason har altid haft en sjælden evne til at rode sig ind i højst ualmindelige sager, og "Den mutte pige" er ingen undtagelse. Den er simpelthen et festfyrværkeri af begivenheder, som sættes i gang af et hunkønsvæsen med et udseende, som får selv Perry Mason til at snappe efter vejret. Og det hele bliver ikke lettere af, at denne dame beder advokat Mason om hjælp. Hurtig hjælp endda.Frances Celane, som pigen hedder, siger rent ud, at hun har en million dollars i klemme!Perry Mason accepterer modstræbende at hjælpe, selvom han allerede kan lugte ubehageligheder. I løbet af et døgn ruller lavinen, og da der oven i købet sker et mord, ved Perry Mason, at den dejlige dame har sat gang i et væld af problemer for ham.Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) amerikansk jurist og kriminalforfatter. Var en enormt produktiv forfatter – skrev bl.a. omkring 80 romaner om forsvarsadvokaten Perry Mason og hans effektive sekretær Della Street. Gardner blev født i Massachusetts, men boede det meste af sit liv i Californien. Hans romaner og noveller om Perry Mason fik et omfattende publikum og gav stof til film, tv-serier og radiospil.

En aktionær i noget så uskyldigt som en blomsterkoncern overdrager i al hemmelighed sin aktier til en hårdkogt forretningsmand, og Perry Mason bliver hyret til at skaffe aktierne tilbage på de rette hænder. Det ser let ud, men der er noget muggent ved affæren, for pludselig begynder en masse mennesker at gøre Perry Mason tilværelsen hård. Midt i det hele tager sagen en uventet drejning, da den hårdkogte forretningsmand bliver myrdet...Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) amerikansk jurist og kriminalforfatter. Var en enormt produktiv forfatter – skrev bl.a. omkring 80 romaner om forsvarsadvokaten Perry Mason og hans effektive sekretær Della Street. Gardner blev født i Massachusetts, men boede det meste af sit liv i Californien. Hans romaner og noveller om Perry Mason fik et omfattende publikum og gav stof til film, tv-serier og radiospil.

From the world-famous creator of "Perry Mason," Erle Stanley Gardner - at his death the best-selling American writer of all time - comes another baffling case for the Cool & Lam detective agency: TURN ON THE HEAT.

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times