The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943)
by Erle Stanley Gardner
(#23 in Perry Mason)

The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito

The death of his wife leaves Banning Clarke, a former successful prospector turned mining magnate, the prey of a host of human predators, including his calculating mother-in-law, and it is up to Perry Mason to keep things on the up and up.

Published:

1943

Genres:

Fiction Mystery Crime

ISBN:

0345378695 / 9780345378699

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