The Case of the Dangerous Dowager by Erle Stanley Gardner

First Published: International Readers League, 1937
Edition Read: International Readers League, 1937
ISBN: ???
Series: Perry Mason 10

Not one of my favourites, but still good. What’s particularly good about this one is that Gardner tells you everything you need to know in order to solve the mystery so that even though you probably won’t work it out, you could.
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Woman in the Dark by Dashiell Hammett

First Published: Liberty Magazine (3 instalments), 1933
Edition Read: Vintage Crime, 1989
ISBN: 0-679-772265-3
Subtitle: A Novel of Dangerous Romance

Though beautifully written, this novella is primarily interesting for what it says about the sort of hero Hammett thought he was creating in his writings. This time he incarnated that hero as a woman.
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