Cover of The Case of the Deadly Toy
Angel Fiction

The Case of the Deadly Toy

by

  • 1959 first published
  • 224 pages
  • 26 editions
Borrow on Open LibraryFind in a library

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Deadly Toy (1959) is an angel fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in United States. It features Perry Mason. Readers will find themes of Perry Mason, Legal, lawyers and California.

12 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 26 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 224 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Case of the Deadly Toy

ENGAGED TO A NIGHTMARE When Norda Allison sees her husband-to-be slap his young son, she immediately calls off the wedding. Now she is terrified. Her ex-fiancé has beat up her new boyfriend. Anonymous newspaper clippings are flooding her mailbox--articles graphically depicting what jilted men do to the women who leave them. Then Norda's life takes an even darker turn. It begins with a barking dog, a child's scream, a gunshot, and the discovery of a very dead body--and ends when Norda is arrested, charged with a brutal murder. Now only brilliant courtroom strategist Perry Mason stands between Norda and a sentence of certain death . . .
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Trials, Murder
  • Perry Mason
  • Legal
  • Mystery & detective
  • Mason, perry
  • Lawyers
  • California
  • Los angeles, Calif.
  • American Detective and mystery stories
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Private investigators

Quick answers

Who wrote The Case of the Deadly Toy?

The Case of the Deadly Toy was written by Erle Stanley Gardner and first published in 1959.

What genre is The Case of the Deadly Toy?

It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.

How long is The Case of the Deadly Toy?

The median edition has 224 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Case of the Deadly Toy?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Long Goodbye, The Brass Verdict and Columbo The Glitter Murder.

More by Erle Stanley Gardner

All books →

Books like The Case of the Deadly Toy