Book Review: The Case of the Runaway Corpse by Erle Stanley Gardner (1954)
Synopsis: The mousy Myra Davenport and her domineering aunt, Sara Ansel, approach Perry Mason with a problem - Myra's husband, Ed, is dying and has written a letter to the district attorney falsely accusing her of poisoning him. Mason reluctantly agrees to help her, but things become even more complicated when Ed is declared dead, is later seen climbing out a motel window, and his body is found in a shallow grave sometime later. Further complicating things is Myrna is also accused of poisoning her cousin over an inheritance and her aunt, believing she is guilty, has already given damning testimony to the prosecution. Review: After enjoying my last Perry Mason novel , I figured I would stick with the genre the next time I visited the library and picked out this book. To be honest, I wasn't sure if I would enjoy it all that much, mostly because some of the chapters were very long (one of them was 58 pages) and I have a habit of losing interest in a book if I can't take reg...