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The Case of the Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley Gardner, Otto Penzler
5.0
So far, this is one of my favorite of the Perry Mason books. Instead of a client coming to him with a weird situation that captures his interest, he notices something strange that alerts HIM to the mystery. Multiple brunettes lining street corners, all dressed the same, all similar in appearance.
Most of the story is set outside the courtroom, but we get two different sorts of court hearings to make up for it. The murderer wasn't too difficult to guess due to a limited suspect pool, but the ways for the accused to slip out of it seemed like an impossible situation....at first. Not many writers are as clever with legal twists as Gardner. He really is a king of clever crime and twisty courtroom drama.
Most of the story is set outside the courtroom, but we get two different sorts of court hearings to make up for it. The murderer wasn't too difficult to guess due to a limited suspect pool, but the ways for the accused to slip out of it seemed like an impossible situation....at first. Not many writers are as clever with legal twists as Gardner. He really is a king of clever crime and twisty courtroom drama.