Perry Mason: The Case of the Howling Dog

Gardner, Erle Stanley

ISBN 10: 0727803883 / ISBN 13: 9780727803887

Published by Severn House, London, 1978

About this Item

Reissue of 1934 original, first printing. Hardback. vi + 216 pp Very Good + condition in Very Good + unclipped dust jacket (now in protective transparent sleeve). No inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # 079646

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Howling Dog
• Publisher: Severn House, London
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0727803883
• ISBN 13: 9780727803887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: reissue
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Weight: 300 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Detective Fiction
  • Lighter Books

About this title

Synopsis

Compared to a juicy murder trial, a case of feuding neighbors isn’t exactly Perry Mason’s cup of tea. But Arthur Cartright insists that Mason is the only one who can muzzle the howling hound that’s driving Cartright crazy. But Perry doesn’t realize just how crazy until he meets his client’s neighbor. Clinton Foley says Cartright is barking up the wrong tree with his canine companion—and swears that the man is dangerously insane to boot.

Mason’s not the type to cop out on a client—but when Cartwright draws up a will that leaves everything to his neighbor’s wife, even Perry has to wonder if the man has slipped from anger into madness. That’s why he pays a personal visit to Clinton Foley’s house, where he finds one missing wife, one poisoned dog, and one corpse.…

About the Author

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was a prolific American author best known for his Perry Mason novels, which sold twenty thousand copies a day in the mid-1950s. There have been six motion pictures based on his work and the hugely popular Perry Mason television series starring Raymond Burr, which aired for nine years.