Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions

By Shaun Perkins

Book Overview

From 1933 to 1970, Erle Stanley Gardner thrilled readers with his gritty courtroom mysteries featuring one of the world's most well-known lawyers Perry Mason. For the readers who liked urban stories of blackmail, murder, deceit and a myriad of other vices, the Perry Mason books delivered the goods. In addition, the courtroom scenes in the series were both instructive and enjoyable, written by a man who had been a lawyer and who had also studied and perfected the hard-boiled detective and mystery genre. This book is a fact-filled tour through all 82 of the Perry Mason mysteries with a special focus on the qualities that endeared them to so many readers of popular fiction: cocktails, coquettes and cigarettes. Each book is classified in a rating system indicating the depth of those qualities to be found in the story, plus details about the time period, the TV show and much more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DRST2XH7
• ISBN13: 9798887716336
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: BearManor Media
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"