The Case of the Crying Swallow

In this novelette Perry Mason solves the case of the death of a blackmailer and the disappearance of an amnesiac wife. This, the first book by Erle Stanley Gardner to be published posthumously, is a collection of short works selected from the author’s vast arsenal of magazine writings. The book leads off with a novelette featuring the inimitable Perry Mason. Four mystery stories follow, chosen for their variety of character and background, seemingly unfathomable situations and ingenious solutions. All have the inventiveness, pace and special twist at the end characteristic of Gardner’s work. None has been presented in book form before.