The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager is a 1937 angel fiction novel by Erle Stanley Gardner. Key subjects include Perry Mason, California, Legal and lawyers.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 15 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 3 languages.
It runs to roughly 288 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
Perry Mason is retained by cigar-smoking, free-thinking, and hard-driving Matilda Benson to get IOUs totaling $7000 is gambling debts that her granddaughter Sylvia owes to two hardballs, crooked proprietors of The Horn of Plenty, who are willing to sell them to the highest bidder- which might end up being Sylvia’s cunning husband, who will stop at nothing prove Sylvia is an unfit mother, and should not be trusted with her daughters trust fund when they divorce. Matilda Benson hires Perry to get these IOU's by any means necessary, and after a successful tête-à-tête with the gambling hall’s two owners, he meets them on their turf but stumbles onto a body instead. He uses every legal trick in the book to keep Matilda, Sylvia, and himself out of trouble with the law!
Quick answers
Who wrote The Case of the Dangerous Dowager?
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager was written by Erle Stanley Gardner and first published in 1937.
What genre is The Case of the Dangerous Dowager?
It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.
How long is The Case of the Dangerous Dowager?
The median edition has 288 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Case of the Dangerous Dowager?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Long Goodbye, The Big Sleep and The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch).
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