THE CASE OF THE CRYING SWALLOW

This is not typical Perry mason story. It feels like the story is left in the middle and it's really a few short stories (only one is Perry mason) that feel incomplete.

A nice, snappy collection of short stories. All the stories were very interesting. A fast tempo, concise narrative, tight mystery makes this book a nice light and frothy read.

Detection by wonderful deductive skill.Very interesting.Proves that criminals tend to make some mistakes which will help in solving crimes and nab the culprits

For short stories, these were very good.I generally prefer novels, but these were worth reading.There are four of them, each featuring a particular series character: Perry Mason (of course), Jerry Bane, Lester Leith, and Sidney Zoom.Enjoy!

Three stories, the first a novella, each progressively less likeable than the last. The novella is actually not bad; it's practically a regular Perry Mason without the long court scenes. The second tale is a little jaunt around clever ideas and a cocky character who is not Perry Mason. The third is another murder mystery which you could easily skip. It makes you see these stories were originally meant for pulp fiction magazines and should really be read with that in mind.

3 readable mysteries by Gardner1 lawyer Perry Mason in a clever missing wife / jewelry case2 con man Lester Leith involves himself in a jewelry robbery to help himself and the policeEach solved quite cleverlyA good read3 rich playboy Sydney Zoom becomes involved in murder in which there's a huge diamond involved

Shirt stories that will keep your attention and make the police appear incapable of solving any crimes. The first story, Perry solved that before the case was even warm. The second story, a con artist solved the case before the police figured out what happened. The last case, a quiet civilian, solved the case and did it just as good as Perry Mason does.

Looking for a good read with Mr. Gardener is just to pick any of his books and open to any page and one will be sweep up in a classic mystery, Gardener mystery. We will all admire the writings and joy the small slice of time given us by one so talented.Can't wait until another great book is/will provide this opportunity to relish stories told by the master of mysteries.