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The Case of the Deadly Toy

by Erle Stanley Gardner · 1959

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Toddler Robert, heir to Selkirk fortune, plays with his mother Lorraine's real gun outside, vanishes after his father Mervin is found shot. His accused ex-girlfriend Norda Allison, harassed by anonymous letters, finds address printing press in basement of Mervin's ex-wife and hires California lawyer Perry Mason to save her.

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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