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A review by ssejig
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye by Erle Stanley Gardner
4.0
Notable for being Perry's first run-in with Hamilton Burger, this has to be one of the earlier Mason stories.
This one opens with a brother and sister coming in for help. The brother, an insouciant ass, is being blackmailed and his sister is insisting he ask Perry for help. As Perry works the case, the blackmailer, who of course has no end of enemies, turns up dead. And then its a race against the cops who are trying to pin the murder on another client of Perry's, the man with one eye who is looking for the bloodshot fake that has been stolen from him.
This one opens with a brother and sister coming in for help. The brother, an insouciant ass, is being blackmailed and his sister is insisting he ask Perry for help. As Perry works the case, the blackmailer, who of course has no end of enemies, turns up dead. And then its a race against the cops who are trying to pin the murder on another client of Perry's, the man with one eye who is looking for the bloodshot fake that has been stolen from him.