![]() Since Gardner was a trial lawyer himself, the novels sometimes contain interesting legal matters. Yet in spite of this, the majority of Gardner’s plots show at least some imagination and creativity, and they are rarely boring. He does have some favorite plot devices - murder in a motel, murder over mining rights, murder over inheritance, etc. Gardner was a one-man fiction-writing factory, sometimes churning out half a dozen novels a year, along with short stories and non-fiction pieces. E.g., in a few novels Mason kisses Della Street and once or twice they even talk about marriage, but in other novels their relationship is less intimate. But there are some subtle changes in relationships. During all those years, the character of Mason never ages, and his relationships with the other recurring characters remains mostly static. ![]() I’m particularly interested in the way the recurring characters are treated. I’ve read all 80 of the novels published in Gardner’s lifetime, plus the 2 novels published posthumously I’ve also read the 3 short stories featuring Perry Mason. ![]() I’m a fan of the Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Overview: A list of Perry Mason novels, including some plot descriptions, notes on recurring characters, and a few photos of book covers.
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