Twists upon turns upon twists! Thankful to Gardner for taking out all the bits that would slow a story down, while still dealing out satisfying ambiguities to keep me on my toes.

I have yet to watch any of the TV adaptations but am keen for the Matthew Rhys. I can't imagine how any Serial Drama adaptation can capture the hurtling speed of the book plot and the flippancy of its dialogue and characterisations without completely creating a completely different tone to the books. Petition to keep my Perry Masons two-dimensional and superficial! ( )

Easily one of the best Perry Mason novels I've read in a long time (and this is from a guy who generally loves ESG's Perry Mason novels). It had interesting twists, and interesting solution, and was hard to put down. Top notch effort, especially being one of the later books. ( )

First for 2014

One of his better books, though I am partial to them

Big ship

2 January 2014 ( )

One of the better late Mason's, the book does use several of the plot devices of earlier books. ( )

i love old mysteries. perry and della's relationship(whatever it may be)never changes, paul drake, lieutenant tragg, hamilton burger in every book, a difficult client who is never guilty, no romance, kids, careers, eyebrow waxing. maximum 250 pages. ( )