Criminal lawyer and bestselling mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote nearly 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Now, the American Bar Association is bringing back his most famous and enduring novels-featuring criminal defense lawyer and sleuth Perry Mason-in striking trade paperback editions. Unfortunately, Marjorie Clune's legs are not as lucky as they first appear-when movie promoter Frank Patton's hype clears, it's obvious his "lucky legs" contest and the movies that were supposed to follow was a fraud. When Patton is found with Marjorie's lover's knife in his chest, Perry Mason must exonerate the young woman and find the real killer.
While I found parts of this story to be very entertaining, I do think it is a weaker work than either of the two previous Mason adventures. The opening to the case offers little in the way of intrigue and some of the plot developments feel convoluted.
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