<div>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 help&mdash;it seemed the fate of the &ldquo;Red-Headed Killer&rdquo; hinged on the testimony of a colorblind witness. Gardner&rsquo;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 hope&mdash;the devotion of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort. Featuring Gardner&rsquo;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. </div>

The Court of Last Resort

<div>A crime thriller starring the sleuthing lawyer portrayed in the HBO limited series&mdash;from the Edgar Award&ndash;winning &ldquo;kingpin among the mystery writers&rdquo; (The New York Times). Stewart Bedford is willing to cooperate with a blackmailer to protect his beloved wife. But when he wakes up in a daze to find the man shot dead with Bedford&rsquo;s gun and his blond escort missing, he&rsquo;ll need some help from defense lawyer Perry Mason . . . This mystery is part of Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Erle Stanley Gardner&rsquo;s classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON&rsquo;T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER&rsquo;S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS</div>

The Case of the Gilded Lily

<div>A runaway witness leads a lawyer into a whodunit: &ldquo;The only dull pages in this book are the blank ones&rdquo; (The New York Times). Defense lawyer Perry Mason is surprised to receive two checks from a stranger named Lola Allred. And when he speaks with Lola&rsquo;s husband, he discovers the woman has run off with her daughter&rsquo;s boyfriend&mdash;who happens to be an important witness in a lawsuit. Soon Mason&rsquo;s caught up in a complicated case involving not only a missing witness but forgery and murder as well . . . This mystery is part of Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Erle Stanley Gardner&rsquo;s classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON&rsquo;T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER&rsquo;S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS</div>

The Case of the Lazy Lover

<div>A fight over a rich man&rsquo;s will turns deadly in this murder mystery by the &ldquo;kingpin among the mystery writers&rdquo; from the series that inspired the HBO show (The New York Times). Marilyn Marlow has inherited a good deal of money from her mother. But the money originated with another will&mdash;that of her mother&rsquo;s wealthy employer. Now his relatives are contesting the will, and it&rsquo;s Rose Keeling, the key witness to its signing, whose mind they&#39;ll need to sway. When Rose is murdered, sleuthing lawyer Perry Mason must navigate a twisted case involving a personal ad that casts a cloud of suspicion over his client, Miss Marlow, in this mystery in Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Erle Stanley Gardner&rsquo;s classic, long-running series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON&rsquo;T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER&rsquo;S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS</div>

The Case of the Lonely Heiress

<div>A lawyer is sucked into a couple&rsquo;s hostile divorce in this mystery with &ldquo;a stellar ending&rdquo; from the original detective series that inspired the HBO show (Kirkus Reviews). Edward Garvin is a very successful businessman with a very unhappy ex-wife&mdash;who wants his money. So Garvin calls on lawyer Perry Mason to protect his company from her schemes, and ensure the divorce they&rsquo;d gotten in Mexico is actually finalized. But when Garvin&rsquo;s former spouse is struck down by a killer, Mason&rsquo;s client becomes the chief suspect. Fortunately, the attorney &ldquo;comes up with dazzling answers&rdquo; to the mystery . . . (The New York Times). This whodunit is part of Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Erle Stanley Gardner&rsquo;s classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON&rsquo;T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER&rsquo;S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS</div>

The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom

<div>A tale of two sisters, family fortune, and murder: &ldquo;Millions of Americans never seem to tire of Gardner&rsquo;s thrillers&rdquo; (The New York Times). Beautiful Sylvia Bain Atwood is overseeing her ailing father&rsquo;s estate while her sister serves as his caregiver. But their father&rsquo;s fortune has shadowy roots&mdash;and now one of his creditors is blackmailing the family. When the situation escalates to murder, defense lawyer Perry Mason will have his hands full in this mystery in Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Erle Stanley Gardner&rsquo;s classic, long-running series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON&rsquo;T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER&rsquo;S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS</div>

The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister

<div>The Edgar Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s tale of a missing woman and a crime ring, featuring the lawyer and detective who inspired the HBO limited series. Defense lawyer Perry Mason needs a temporary typist, but the one he hires turns out to be more temporary than expected. When she disappears, leaving a couple of diamonds behind in her haste, Mason winds up taking on a new client: a gem importer in his office building who&rsquo;s been charged with smuggling and murder. But if Mason&rsquo;s going to untangle this case, finding the typist is key . . . This mystery is part of Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Erle Stanley Gardner&rsquo;s classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. &ldquo;Millions of Americans never seem to tire of Gardner&rsquo;s thrillers.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times DON&rsquo;T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER&rsquo;S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS</div>

Erle Stanley Gardner

Books By Erle Stanley Gardner (7 Books)

The Court of Last Resort

The Case of the Gilded Lily

The Case of the Lazy Lover

The Case of the Lonely Heiress

The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom

The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister

The Case of the Terrified Typist

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