Book; ‘The Case of the Runaway Corpse (Perry Mason Series) The Case of the Runaway Corpse’ by Erle Stanley Gardner-August 16th, 2016
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.16, 2016, under Books
The Case of the Runaway Corpse by Erle Stanley Gardner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This Mason novel is steeped in the typical rushed antics as other Mason books as though Mason has no other case going on. One thing different are the couple dozen pages of legal back and forth. The first set is overly lengthy for reasons given in the book. But would have been best to edit a page or two. Editing that and needless repetition of many story points.
Otherwise this is a solid murder mystery that makes little sense until the end. Also included are solid characters. The settings are also very good as these are important to the story.
Again, I believe this would have been a better story trimming it ten pages or so. It’s still a good book despite the excess.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 6 out of ten points.
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