The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (The Perry Mason Mysteries Book 4)
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The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (The Perry Mason Mysteries Book 4)

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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970) was the top selling American author of the twentieth century, primarily due to the enormous success of his Perry Mason Mysteries, which numbered more than eighty and inspired a half-dozen motion pictures and radio programs, as well as a long-running television series starring Raymond Burr. Having begun his career as a pulp writer, Gardner brought a hard-boiled style and sensibility to his early Mason books, but he gradually developed into a more classic detective novelist, providing clues to allow astute readers to solve his many mysteries. For over a quarter of a century, he wrote more than a million words a year under his own name as well as numerous pseudonyms, the most famous being A. A. Fair. "The ramifications of the story really come together." — Kirkus on The Case of the Green Eyed Sister "With Perry Mason, Erle Stanley Gardner introduced to American letters the notion of the lawyer as a hero—and detective—which were remarkable innovations. He even gave defense lawyers a good name to boot. His Mason books remain tantalizing on every page and brilliant." —Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent and Testimony . "No one has ever matched Gardner for swift, sure exposition' — Kirkus "Gardner has a way of moving the story forward that Is almost a lost art: great stretches of dialogue alternate with lively chunks of exposition, and the two work together perfectly, without sacrificing momentum." — Booklist --This text refers to the paperback edition.

Features & Highlights

  • A tale of two sisters, family fortune, and murder: “Millions of Americans never seem to tire of Gardner’s thrillers” (
  • The New York Times
  • ).
  • Beautiful Sylvia Bain Atwood is overseeing her ailing father’s estate while her sister serves as his caregiver. But their father’s fortune has shadowy roots—and now one of his creditors is blackmailing the family.   When the situation escalates to murder, defense lawyer Perry Mason will have his hands full in this mystery in Edgar Award–winning author Erle Stanley Gardner’s classic, long-running series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON’T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES
  • PERRY MASON
  • , BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER’S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

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Lots of suspects, and once again, they prosecute the least likely one

The DA always makes it easy on Perry. Post mortem lividity and rigor mortis point away from the defendant, but there they go again. The interesting part of this book is Perry putting it together to clear the defendant and actually solve the murder. Best part was Perry grilling the medical examiner on the stand.
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Ball of Confusion

Sylvia Atwood comes to Perry Mason with tough predicament. Her father is on his deathbed and is being blackmailed over a money he used many years ago to purchase property. A private detective with a slimy reputation is trying to represent Atwood's family in the transfer of funds to purchase an audio tape that is the center of the blackmail. Fortunately Atwood gets Mason involved, but the blackmailer is murdered, the elder Bain (Atwood's father) dies naturally, and the sleazy PI is setting traps for Perry Mason and his clients. Perry's theatrical mind is forced overtime to get his client, and himself, out of this one.
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Convoluted. Unpolished. Tedious. But clever plots.

It's futile to challenge Mr. Gardner's commercial success, but in truth his prose is tedious and over written. It seems he used his Thesaurus often, and he piled on obscure adjectives and adverbs with abandon. The Perry Mason TV shows exploited his intricate plots and courtroom dialogue brilliantly, and they cut out all the flowery, adjective-laden exposition. TV shows a solid "A", books "C-." Watch the shows, skip the pulp.
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A most interesting early "hard boiled" mystery

Usually, I do not like the "hard boiled" mysteries, and I certainly Do not care for books or shows about lawyers; however, I love Perry Mason, both in print and on screen. He was logical and bold. The rules of evidence were clear. He also brought the importance of the forensics of the day. The character of Sylvia Atwood is wonderful; I am glad she is not my sister!!
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Not the best, but okay...

The book reads like the old black and white Perry Mason TV shows. If you like the shows, you'll probably like the book. If you find the shows old and dated, you'll probably feel the same way about the book. In the book, Perry was smart, but Paul Drake seemed a bit lacking.
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Mason's at it Again!

Perry Mason is asked tobe of counsel for a family that may have made its fortune with stolen money. They are going to be blackmailed, if they dont pay up. But blackmail turns to murder, and Mason defends the sister accused of the crime. Can he solve the case? Read it, and find out. You'll be glad you did!
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Green-Eyed and Bossy

The sister is very easy to look at and very much used to arranging things. This irritates Perry when he gets involved in a murder case related to a blackmail attempt on her father.
But she isn't his client -- her sister is.
And she isn't the killer either.
Perry figures it out but feels that, given how the police and DA is treating him, letting them thrash around trying to solve it is an ideal solution to end on.
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Great Courtroom Sparring

The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister from the classic early ‘50s Perry Mason era was a good read and a clever mystery. The case involved blackmail and soon a murder has been committed. The case becomes complicated but not absurdly so like in other Gardner books.
I enjoyed the courtroom back and forth among Mason, the prosecutor and the judge. I enjoyed seeing Mason wing the solution on the fly and I liked the ambiguous ending.
Highly recommended - one of the better entries in the Perry Mason series.
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A fun read, definitely recommend

What can I say, I love Perry Mason! Mr. Gardner wrote well developed characters, good plots, and some fun dialog. If you are a fan of the series starring Raymond Burr, you'll find some differences between the book and the program, but I think you'll enjoy them as much as I did.
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A great who dunnit and delightful interplay between counsel

The difference between seeking to prove "I am right" and seeking to find the truth. And the inexorable revelation that seeking to convict and seeking to exonerate necessarily result in two different sets of evidence.