The Case of the Singing Skirt

Ellen Robb does more than just sing for her supper -- she also dances and sells cigarettes in a two-bit gambling parlor in a one-horse town. But when she hits a sour note with her scheming employer by refusing to help fleece a fat-cat customer in a crooked card game she finds herself out of all three jobs. Thats when she sings her song of woe to Perry Mason who promises to turn her blues into greenbacks with the help of his crack team Della Street and Paul Drake and a hefty lawsuit. Things are humming along just fine -- until murder interrupts the merry melody of Masons crafty legal maneuvers. When the vindictive wife of Ellen Robbs not-so-secret lover turns up shot to death Mason is certain its a frame-up -- and that his songbird clients belligerent boss is to blame. Until his own gun is found at the scene. The cocksure Mason will have to change his tune -- and do some quick thinking -- or else this case could be his swan song. The Perry Mason Novels Criminal lawyer and all-time #1 mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote close to 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Today the great Gardner tradition continues with many of his classics back in print as well as brand-new additions to the ever-popular series starring the incomparable Perry Mason.