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In a legal thriller set in Los Angeles, wealthy industrialist Harrington Faulkner is found dead. Perry Mason is called upon to defend Sally Madison, a woman entangled in Faulkner’s case. As the investigation deepens, Mason must protect his client and his secretary, Della Street, from wrongful conviction.
First publish date: June 1942
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Erle Stanley Gardner
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