The Case of the Perjured Parrot
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The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
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- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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After her well-to-do Aunt Sarah is caught shoplifting, Virginia Trent is convinced she needs to seek psychiatric help for kleptomania. So why does Virginia turn to legal eagle Perry Mason? Because a cache of valuable diamonds - left in Sarah's care - has suddenly vanished into thin air. Virginia thinks Sarah swiped the stones, but gem dealer Austin Cullens begs to differ. In fact, he's prepared to forgive and forget - until he is mysteriously murdered and Sarah is caught running from the crime scene.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, lousy narration
- By Stephen W Osborne on 01-13-17
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The Case of the Rolling Bones
- Perry Mason Series, Book 15
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Years ago Alden Leeds found a rich vein of gold in the Klondike. Now his greedy relatives fear he's planning to throw his fortune away on a gold-digging spouse, Emily Milicant. So to prevent the two from joining in holy matrimony, they commit their affluent kin to a sanitarium on a trumped-up charge. Then Leeds escapes, only to end up in the company of Emily's blackmailing brother, John, a manufacturer of fixed dice, rolling bones that always come up seven.
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The Case of the Substitute Face
- Perry Mason Series, Book 12
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
While enjoying a leisurely ocean cruise in the company of secretary Della Street, Perry Mason is approached by passenger who is worried about the wellbeing of her husband. Not long afterward, her husband is seen jumping off the ship, an apparent suicide - but when the body is recovered, it turns out that he was shot. Accused of murder, the wife puts her fate in the hands of Perry, who in the course of piecing things together unearths the fact that the husband had once accepted a huge bribe while serving on a jury.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perry Mason at his best!
- By SK Smith on 12-23-19
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The Case of the Lame Canary
- Perry Mason Series, Book 11
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles straightforward divorce cases, but this one is an especially strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who's got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita's beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband's designs, Prescott hatches a plan to prey on them all...by suing for big profit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Perry Mason seen the way the author created him.
- By Chris T on 05-09-17
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The Case of the Haunted Husband
- Perry Mason Series, Book 18
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Aspiring actress Stephane Olger just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots instead when she gets herself caught up in a crime. Shortly after quitting her job and moving to Hollywood, she is picked up by a well-dressed man while hitchhiking. The man loses control of the car and they end up in a horrible accident. Both Stephane and the driver escape unscathed but the strange man flees the scene leaving Stephane to face a charge of manslaughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- By Ladybug Lady on 06-29-18
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The Case of the Silent Partner
- Perry Mason Series, Book 17
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
Successful florist Mildred Faulkner finds that the flower business is no bed of roses when arch-competitor Harry Peavis secretly buys stock in her small, family-owned business. To keep from being muscled out of her own company, Mildred goes to Perry Mason. But the legal eagle is stymied when Mildred's company is plundered by her brother-in-law to pay off gambling debts. The money trail leads to a nightclub hostess and her boss. When both are found dead, the trail of evidence leads back to Mildred.
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The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
- Perry Mason Series, Book 13
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
After her well-to-do Aunt Sarah is caught shoplifting, Virginia Trent is convinced she needs to seek psychiatric help for kleptomania. So why does Virginia turn to legal eagle Perry Mason? Because a cache of valuable diamonds - left in Sarah's care - has suddenly vanished into thin air. Virginia thinks Sarah swiped the stones, but gem dealer Austin Cullens begs to differ. In fact, he's prepared to forgive and forget - until he is mysteriously murdered and Sarah is caught running from the crime scene.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, lousy narration
- By Stephen W Osborne on 01-13-17
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The Case of the Rolling Bones
- Perry Mason Series, Book 15
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Years ago Alden Leeds found a rich vein of gold in the Klondike. Now his greedy relatives fear he's planning to throw his fortune away on a gold-digging spouse, Emily Milicant. So to prevent the two from joining in holy matrimony, they commit their affluent kin to a sanitarium on a trumped-up charge. Then Leeds escapes, only to end up in the company of Emily's blackmailing brother, John, a manufacturer of fixed dice, rolling bones that always come up seven.
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The Case of the Substitute Face
- Perry Mason Series, Book 12
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
While enjoying a leisurely ocean cruise in the company of secretary Della Street, Perry Mason is approached by passenger who is worried about the wellbeing of her husband. Not long afterward, her husband is seen jumping off the ship, an apparent suicide - but when the body is recovered, it turns out that he was shot. Accused of murder, the wife puts her fate in the hands of Perry, who in the course of piecing things together unearths the fact that the husband had once accepted a huge bribe while serving on a jury.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perry Mason at his best!
- By SK Smith on 12-23-19
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The Case of the Lame Canary
- Perry Mason Series, Book 11
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles straightforward divorce cases, but this one is an especially strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who's got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita's beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband's designs, Prescott hatches a plan to prey on them all...by suing for big profit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Perry Mason seen the way the author created him.
- By Chris T on 05-09-17
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The Case of the Haunted Husband
- Perry Mason Series, Book 18
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Aspiring actress Stephane Olger just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots instead when she gets herself caught up in a crime. Shortly after quitting her job and moving to Hollywood, she is picked up by a well-dressed man while hitchhiking. The man loses control of the car and they end up in a horrible accident. Both Stephane and the driver escape unscathed but the strange man flees the scene leaving Stephane to face a charge of manslaughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- By Ladybug Lady on 06-29-18
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The Case of the Silent Partner
- Perry Mason Series, Book 17
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
Successful florist Mildred Faulkner finds that the flower business is no bed of roses when arch-competitor Harry Peavis secretly buys stock in her small, family-owned business. To keep from being muscled out of her own company, Mildred goes to Perry Mason. But the legal eagle is stymied when Mildred's company is plundered by her brother-in-law to pay off gambling debts. The money trail leads to a nightclub hostess and her boss. When both are found dead, the trail of evidence leads back to Mildred.
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The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
- Perry Mason Series, Book 10
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
When Matilda Benson solicits the help of Perry Mason, her request seems simple enough: cruise to a gambling ship moored just beyond the twelve-mile limit and buy back the IOUs signed by Miss Benson's niece. But after Mason reaches the floating casino, he discovers problems aplenty - most notably the ship's owner with a bullet hole through his head. Strangely enough, Matilda and her niece are also on board that night...when someone tosses a gun over the railing. Does Perry Mason's client have something to hide?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- By Anonymous User on 02-06-20
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The Case of the Empty Tin
- Perry Mason Series, Book 19
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
A spanking-new tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Mrs. Florence Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck of food - but it does carry one very damning clue to a murder that took place right next door. Such an unsavory discovery in such an unlikely place can't help but pique the curiosity of a dedicated mystery hunter like Perry Mason.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Amazing, as always.
- By Joanne Harrison on 01-05-19
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The Case of the Baited Hook
- Perry Mason Series, Book 16
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Who was that masked woman? That was the question plaguing Perry Mason. No one loves a good mystery more than Mason - but being asked to represent a client who is concealing her identity, not to mention the particulars of her case, has given even the legendary legal eagle a case of ruffled feathers. Yet the intriguing cloak-and-dagger tactics have Perry hopelessly hooked. As for the silent siren behind the mask, is she heiress Byrl Gailord or penniless Adelle Hastings?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perry Mason books rock!
- By Kindle Customer on 08-17-19
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The Case of the Drowning Duck
- Perry Mason, Book 20
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
A dead man in the kitchen, gas fumes permeate the house, a duck seems to be drowning in the fishbowl, but it didn't die. Maybe that fact has something to do with murder? John L. Witherspoon, a wealthy patrician, is loath to let his daughter marry Marvin Adams, the son of a convicted murderer, something Marvin's mother managed to keep a secret - until now. To set the love-struck lass straight, Witherspoon engages Perry Mason to weigh the 20-year-old evidence that sent Marvin's father to the gallows, and prove that the young man is kin to the murdering kind.
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The Case of the Buried Clock
- Perry Mason Series, Book 22
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
After catching his shady son-in-law, Jack Hardisty, in the act of embezzling, wealthy banker Vincente Blane plans to hang him out to dry. Then murder turns Blane's restful mountain retreat into Hardisty's final resting place. When the evidence points to wronged wife Millicent, her father makes a point of calling in Perry Mason. And it's up to the legendary legal eagle to unravel the case's most baffling mystery: a buried clock at the murder scene.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very good book. Alexander Cendese is the best
- By Kindle Customer on 11-26-19
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The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
- Perry Mason Series, Book 8
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 28
Who killed Philip Rease? Peter Kent was known to be a sleepwalker and a bloodstained knife was found under his pillow. There were people who would like to see Peter Kent out of the way, but would they frame him for murder? And would that explain the reason for Rease's death? It was another case full of traps for Perry Mason.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As usual, much better than the TV episode.
- By Evie on 04-06-17
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
- Perry Mason Series, Book 9
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Julia Branner insists her marriage was sabotaged by her millionaire father-in-law, who forced her to give up her baby girl for adoption. Now, years later, a young woman appears, claiming to be Julia's long-lost daughter. But Julia insists the heir-apparent is a fake - and vows to keep the family fortune from falling into the wrong hands.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best!
- By Evie on 04-12-17
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The Case of the Howling Dog
- Perry Mason Series, Book 4
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Compared to a juicy murder trial, a case of feuding neighbors isn't exactly Perry Mason's cup of tea. But Arthur Cartright insists that Mason is the only one who can muzzle the howling hound that's driving Cartright crazy. But Perry doesn't realize just how crazy until he meets his client's neighbor. Clinton Foley says Cartright is barking up the wrong tree with his canine companion - and swears that the man is dangerously insane to boot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Perry Mason Mystery
- By Dennis on 10-19-17
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The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
- Perry Mason Series, Book 27
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
In the dead of night, a thick fog lies over the black waters. You are aboard a fancy yacht full of fancy people who loathe one another. Suddenly you hear...A scream! A splash! A shot! The fateful cry, "Man Overboard!" And the next thing you know, you find yourself clutching a beautiful woman wearing only a flimsy nightgown. In her hands she holds a gun. That's the predicament in which Perry Mason suddenly finds himself. But that's only the beginning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a very good series
- By Kindle Customer on 10-20-19
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The Case of the Crooked Candle
- Perry Mason Series, Book 24
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
On his way to finding out, Mason meets Mrs. Milfield, a barely distraught widow, and a slew of suspicious characters all intimately connected to the recently deceased, a man murdered on someone else's yacht. As the surprising scenario unravels, it takes a sharp mind like Mason's, the savvy of his secretary Della Street, and the legwork of investigator Paul Drake to pull all the clues out of the water before the case sinks like a deadweight.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Better Reading
- By sdstellar on 06-07-19
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The Case of the Counterfeit Eye
- Perry Mason Series, Book 6
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Wealthy businessman Hartley Bassett has killed himself. There's a typewritten suicide note and three guns lying near his body. But for Perry Mason, that's evidence overkill. He knows there has been trouble in Bassett's life. His wife wants out, his stepson hates him, an embezzler can't pay him back - and there's the man with a glass eye who hired Perry Mason even before his glass eye went missing and was found in the hands of the deceased.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Easy listen, like an old movie
- By Chris Geschwantner on 02-01-17
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The Case of the Velvet Claws
- Perry Mason Series, Book 1
- By: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 135
Married Eva Griffin has been caught with a prominent congressman, and is ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid hush money to protect the politician. But first Perry Mason tracks down the publisher of the blackmailing tabloid and discovers a shocking secret, which eventually leads to Mason being accused of murder. This is the first Perry Mason mystery and our introduction to secretary Della Street, detective Paul Drake, and the great lawyer himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The true Perry Mason, hard boiled detecting at its finest!
- By Michael on 01-05-18
Publisher's Summary
Did Wealthy Fremont Sabin divorce his wife before his untimely death? That's the multimillion-dollar question. And the right answer will mean a windfall for either the dead man's angry son or headstrong widow. Each has accused the other of destroying Sabin's will - and murdering Sabin. But with no document declaring to whom the affable eccentric intended to leave his fortune, Perry Mason faces a prickly puzzle.
Even more puzzling, however, is the talking parrot. Casanova was Fremont Sabin's beloved pet. But the bird found at the crime scene proves to be a foul-mouthed impostor. Suffice it to say that more than a few feathers will be ruffled as Mason sets out to clip a clever killer's wings.
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- SK Smith
- 02-14-20
Narrator was great
Great story as always from Erle Stanley Gardner. The narrator did an excellent job of changing his voice for all the different characters! Enjoyable!
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- 03-28-18
excellent.
I thought this would end the same as the tv episode but I was wrong and happy that I listened to this one.
the more I listen to these the more I think about how the tv series was butchered.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Tom Kottraba
- 06-06-17
Fun read.
Great book. Fun to read with plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing.