The Case of the Lucky Loser

Perry Mason Series, Book 53

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese

The voice on the phone was young and silky. The woman it belonged to touched something soft in Perry Mason's cool, legalistic mind. The offer she made was too intriguing to pass up. But what began as a request for a simple courtroom visit turned into an intrigue of baffling complexity...as well as one of the most cleverly rigged frame-ups of Perry's career.

It's a case of a family blessed with millions and, riddled with scandal, a case of accidental manslaughter that explodes into a charge of airtight murder, a case of a corpse dying not once, but twice. To save his client, Perry will have to break all the rules - and more than one law.

©1957 Erle Stanley Gardner. Renewed 1985 by Jean Bethel Gardner and Grace Naso (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Easy to listen to

Enjoyable. I really like the old stories. There is, as a reflection of those times, racism and sexism. Nice to see we are making progress.

Typical Perry Mason tale

Another reviewer reviewed this case negatively, but it seemed like a typical Mason story to me, and I’ve read almost all of them. The plot is somewhat hard to follow, but not too bad, and the courtroom scene at the end very satisfying.
All the Cendese readings are brilliant.

too complicated plot too little action

compared to any number of similar mysteries this is really. Mason is very long-winded and trite. this book begs for a parody.