Perry Mason Books in Order

Frances Celane wants to marry without losing the inheritance controlled by her uncle. Perry Mason tries to resolve their dispute, but the uncle's murder turns a struggle over money and marriage into a criminal defense.

A woman threatened with exposure in a scandal sheet hires Perry Mason to protect her. Her concealed identity and her husband's murder leave Mason fighting to defend his client while suspicion also falls on him.

Rhoda's first husband, believed dead in a plane crash, returns to blackmail her after she remarries. She turns to Perry Mason as the threat endangers her new marriage and draws her into a dangerous legal predicament.

Arthur Cartwright asks Perry Mason to handle an unusual will and a complaint about a neighbor's howling dog. His disappearance and a murder accusation against his beneficiary turn the seemingly eccentric request into a serious criminal case.

A promoter promises small-town beauty contestants film careers, then disappears with their money. Perry Mason investigates the fraud, but the promoter's murder places a disappointed contest winner and the man she loves under suspicion.

An elderly caretaker asks Perry Mason to protect his cat from the heirs of his former employer. A dispute over the will leads to murder, forcing Mason to unravel the family's competing interests and hidden motives.

Peter Brunold fears someone has stolen his distinctive glass eye to frame him for murder. When a corpse is found holding such an eye, Perry Mason must untangle the evidence while protecting himself from suspicion too.

Edna Hammer worries that her sleepwalking uncle might hurt someone with a carving knife. When a relative is murdered and the knife turns up beneath his pillow, Perry Mason investigates both guilt and responsibility for unconscious acts.

A stuttering bishop consults Perry Mason about an old manslaughter case, raising doubts about his identity. Mason's inquiries uncover a dispute over a wealthy man's granddaughter, where a mother's claim threatens an apparent heiress's position.

Matilda Benson hires Perry Mason to retrieve her granddaughter's gambling debts before they can be used in a divorce dispute. A body aboard a gambling ship transforms the assignment into a struggle against murder charges and concealed motives.

Rita Swaine brings Perry Mason a canary with an injured claw while seeking help with her sister's troubled marriage. A murder soon follows, turning the bird into a possible clue in a case involving divided loyalties.

Virginia Trent seeks Perry Mason's help after her aunt is caught shoplifting and valuable diamonds disappear. When a gem dealer is murdered and the aunt is seen leaving the scene, Mason must defend a deeply compromised client.

During an ocean voyage, Perry Mason and Della Street observe a romantic triangle among their fellow passengers. A man's disappearance during a storm and a substituted photograph draw Mason into a mystery threatening another passenger's freedom.

A wealthy man's murder sets his son and widow against each other over a missing will. Perry Mason confronts conflicting marriage claims and a talking parrot whose apparent testimony adds another layer of uncertainty to the crime.

Alden Leeds's relatives have him confined to prevent a marriage they believe threatens his fortune. After he escapes and a blackmailer is murdered, Perry Mason must keep his client from exchanging the sanitarium for a prison cell.

Perry Mason accepts a retainer to protect a masked woman whose identity and predicament remain secret. A murdered man connected with two possible clients forces him to discover whom he represents before he can understand the danger.

A man is murdered aboard someone else's yacht, leaving Perry Mason to examine a widow and several suspicious associates. With Della Street and Paul Drake's help, he sorts conflicting accounts and physical clues surrounding the death.

Florist Mildred Faulkner hires Perry Mason to resist a rival's attempt to take over her family business. Gambling debts and stolen company funds lead to two deaths, with evidence threatening to implicate Mildred herself.

An unexplained empty can appears among Florence Gentrie's preserves after signs of a murder next door. Perry Mason investigates a crime with a missing victim, uncooperative neighbors, and concealed secrets that put him in danger.

A hitchhiker wakes after a car crash to find herself alone behind the wheel, facing manslaughter charges. Perry Mason investigates the vanished driver and witnesses, uncovering connections to a murder victim with a double life.

Helen Kendal receives a secret call from an uncle missing for ten years, asking her to contact Perry Mason. A murder accusation and the poisoning of her kitten draw Mason and Della Street into the family's buried troubles.

A wealthy man asks Perry Mason to investigate the past of his daughter's prospective husband. An old execution and a new death complicate the inquiry, with a threatened duck providing a strange link to the young man's predicament.

A wounded veteran finds a body in an isolated mountain cabin he has agreed to watch. Perry Mason investigates stolen money, competing suspects, and a buried clock whose unusual timing complicates the evidence surrounding the killing.

A millionaire hires Perry Mason to protect his mining interests, bringing Mason and Della Street into the San Bernardino mountains. Deception, poison, and gunfire lead to murder, with an unusually sluggish mosquito offering a puzzling clue.

Diana Regis comes to Perry Mason after her employer's stepson gives her a black eye. What begins as a dispute over his behavior becomes a murder defense when Diana's look-alike roommate is killed and evidence points toward her.

Sally Madison tries to raise money for her ill boyfriend by offering a wealthy man a cure for his exotic fish. When the fish disappear and their owner is murdered, Perry Mason must untangle the scheme and the accusations surrounding Sally.

A nighttime disturbance aboard a fogbound yacht leaves Perry Mason facing a woman in a nightgown holding a gun. Accused of killing her husband, Marion Shelby appears guilty on every count, but Mason believes the evidence conceals a clever killer.

Eve Martell accepts an unusual job requiring her to live in a furnished apartment under another woman's name. Her aunt asks Perry Mason to investigate the arrangement, but a body in the apartment turns the suspicious employment into a murder case.

Returning a fan dancer's lost accessories brings Perry Mason two women claiming the same identity. A missing horse, an ex-husband, and a jealous admirer complicate the dispute, which becomes a murder investigation when one of the men is killed.

Perry Mason receives two unexplained checks from Lola Allred, whose husband says she has fled with their daughter's boyfriend. The missing man is a crucial lawsuit witness, and a forged check soon draws Mason into a case involving murder.

Marilyn Marlow's inheritance depends on a witness to the disputed will, prompting a lonely-hearts advertisement with ulterior motives. When that witness is murdered, Perry Mason investigates the scheme and searches for the caller whose interest went beyond romance.

Businessman John Racer Addison helps a young runaway, only to face blackmail from a gossip columnist threatening to twist their relationship. Perry Mason plans to stop the extortion, but a murder accusation makes protecting Addison's reputation the least of his worries.

Perry Mason seeks compensation for a hit-and-run victim, only to receive confessions and payments from two different parties. The suspicious abundance of admissions leads into murder, with Mason's own fingerprints on a weapon adding urgency to his investigation.

Edward Garvin asks Perry Mason to protect his business from an ex-wife and confirm that their Mexican divorce is valid. When she is murdered, the financial and marital dispute becomes a fight to clear Garvin of a much more serious accusation.

Perry Mason rescues a swimmer fleeing a vicious dog, then finds himself linked to a jewelry theft. The woman becomes his client, but another arrest for murder transforms her strange nighttime escape into a case threatening both of them.

A frightened stranger calls Perry Mason during dinner, then vanishes from the conversation. A blackmail clipping and a safe combination draw him toward a tangled group of people whose hidden relationships and conflicting interests soon become bound together by murder.

After playboy Arthur Cushing is murdered, Belle Adrian suspects her daughter Carlotta, while Carlotta suspects Belle. Perry Mason must work through their conflicting fears and concealed actions to discover what happened and protect his client from the accusations closing around her.

A nurse accuses a husband of planning to kill his invalid wife, while he accuses the nurse of theft. Perry Mason's small retainer leads into missing jewels, conflicting claims, and murder, forcing him to risk his reputation in court.

Perry Mason buys a missing woman's photographs and diaries at auction, then questions the official account of her presumed death. Her employer's experiments with hypnotized gorillas lead Mason into another murder case and a dangerous struggle to uncover the truth.

A waitress abruptly vanishes during her shift, leaving behind her wages and a worn mink coat. Perry Mason discovers a pawn ticket in the lining, linking her disappearance to a gun, a murdered police officer, and a growing web of suspicion.

The Bain family's fortune attracts a blackmailer armed with a recorded confession, bringing Perry Mason into their affairs. When the threats escalate to murder, he must defend one of the sisters while disentangling the evidence from the family's financial past.

A nightclub hostess appears determined to convince a jury that Perry Mason's client committed armed robbery. Mason scrutinizes her account in detail, searching for the weakness that could protect his client against testimony presented with apparent confidence.

A physician's widow hires Perry Mason to recover undeclared money she believes her husband's nurse is hiding. The doctor's fatal plane crash draws tax investigators into the dispute, but a murder charge soon makes the widow's own defense Mason's priority.

Evelyn Bagby insists she has been framed for murder, despite possessing the weapon and the victim's necklace. Perry Mason believes her, and with Della Street and Paul Drake investigates evidence that seems designed to make the redhead's guilt impossible to dispute.

Myrna Davenport asks Perry Mason to find a note accusing her of poisoning her dying husband. The envelope contains blank paper, and the supposedly dead man then disappears, drawing Mason into a murder puzzle that threatens both his client and himself.

Eleanor Corbin is found wandering at night, apparently suffering from amnesia, before a nearby body draws police suspicion. Perry Mason investigates her troubled behavior, mysterious jewels, and the conflicting relationships surrounding a man whose death threatens to expose hidden crimes.

Sybil Harlan hires Perry Mason to disrupt a business deal linking her husband with another woman. Mason's strategy aims to damage their romance, but a dead man turns the marital maneuvering into a courtroom problem that puts Sybil in danger.

A sunbather tells Perry Mason that someone has stolen her trailer, car, clothes, and diary. Police suspect her connection to money missing from her father's bank robbery case, and a witness's murder turns the search for her belongings into a dangerous defense.

A nervous temporary typist disappears from Perry Mason's office, leaving a connection to a South African diamond business. A related murder charge draws Mason into defending a man accused of killing a smuggler, despite the absence of a recovered body.

Nadine Farr confesses under a truth drug to poisoning Mosher Higley, but Perry Mason doubts her guilt. A recording of her confession sends him into a case where family ties and competing suspects complicate the apparent evidence.

Stewart Bedford agrees to pay a blackmailer to protect his wife, then wakes to find the man shot with his gun. His missing escort and uncertain memory leave Perry Mason struggling to establish what actually happened.

A battle for control of a Texas oil company turns into a murder case against Jerry Conway. Perry Mason must defend his client while also facing accusations that he served as an accessory to the crime.

A mysterious caller asks Perry Mason to attend a courtroom proceeding, drawing him into a wealthy family's scandal. An apparent manslaughter case becomes a murder prosecution, with a carefully constructed frame threatening the client he must defend.

A doctor's murder leads Perry Mason to an appointment book that appears to identify the killer. His investigation uncovers illegal adoptions, stolen drugs and blackmail, forcing him to question evidence that initially seems to settle the case.

George Ansley helps an injured woman after a car wreck, then consults Perry Mason about her strange behavior. A nearby murder and her false identity draw both men into a case where their own movements attract police attention.

After her fiancé embezzles money and disappears, Mildred Crest longs for a fresh start. A fatal encounter with a hitchhiker gives her an opportunity to assume another identity, but the borrowed life brings dangers she did not anticipate.

Stephanie Falkner inherits valuable property after her father's fatal conflict with gangsters. Perry Mason helps her negotiate a sale, then must defend her when the prospective buyer is murdered and a gun appears beneath her pillow.

Norda Allison ends her engagement after witnessing her fiancé mistreat his son, then faces threats and violence. When a murder leaves her accused, Perry Mason must distinguish a frightened woman's efforts to escape from evidence of guilt.

A storm forces Gladys Doyle to shelter in a mountain cabin, where she wakes to a dead man and a missing host. Her fingerprints on the weapon leave Perry Mason searching for evidence that can clear her.

Performer Ellen Robb loses her jobs after refusing to help cheat a gambling customer. Perry Mason pursues a lawsuit on her behalf, but a subsequent murder and the discovery of his own gun complicate their position.

Muriell Gilman discovers that her father has vanished, leaving cash and a bloodstain in his workshop. Perry Mason investigates the disappearance while conflicting family stories and a blackmailing private investigator make the evidence increasingly difficult to trust.

Blackmail demands draw Morley Theilman's wife, former wife and secretary into Perry Mason's orbit. When Theilman is murdered, Mason must determine why someone killed a source of easy money and challenge the prosecution's interpretation of the evidence.

Arlene Ferris resists the unwanted advances of her employer's powerful son, only to become accused of killing him. Perry Mason's faith in his client faces a difficult test when the physical evidence appears to support the murder charge.

Gwynn Elston discovers that her best friend's husband already has another wife and family. When he is found murdered, the revelation places her under suspicion, and Perry Mason must defend her against a charge of killing him.

Secretary Susan Fisher seeks Perry Mason's help after finding her employer's young son with a box full of cash. A wealthy mine owner's safety becomes part of a case that leaves Mason facing apparently overwhelming evidence against his client.

Dianne Alder is paid to gain weight for a modeling contract that also claims half her income. Perry Mason suspects another motive behind the arrangement, then must defend her when a murder turns suspicion toward his unusual client.

Nancy Banks asks Perry Mason to cash winning betting tickets linked to money her brother embezzled. A dispute over the proceeds becomes a murder case, with evidence suggesting someone has manipulated the apparent time of death.

Dorrie Ambler asks Perry Mason to document her identity because she resembles a wealthy heiress. What begins with an examination of an identifying scar grows into a murder investigation, where distinguishing the two women becomes crucial.

Art student Maxine Lindsay learns that a millionaire's new painting may be a forgery, drawing her into threats and deception. Perry Mason becomes involved when her mentor is found murdered with her gun, turning disputed art into a criminal case.

Linda Calhoun fears her wealthy aunt's new suitor intends to kill her for money. Perry Mason investigates, but when the couple elopes and the suitor is murdered, he must defend the woman he had hoped to protect.

A wealthy man asks Perry Mason to protect his stepdaughter from blackmail involving his past. Murder aboard a yacht and evidence recovered from the sea complicate a case shaped by family secrets and conflicting efforts to protect loved ones.

Adelle Hastings is seeking an amicable divorce when her missing purse is recovered with a fired revolver inside. Her husband's murder turns the weapon into evidence against her, leaving Perry Mason to investigate how the purse became a trap.

Virginia Baxter can authenticate a wealthy widow's will, but someone tries to implicate her in drug smuggling. When the widow is murdered, Perry Mason must unravel a scheme involving poisoning, inheritance and evidence pointing toward his client.

Horace Warren pays Perry Mason to observe guests at a dinner and investigate a fingerprint. Suspecting his wife is being blackmailed, he draws Mason into a mystery where her concealed past may explain the present threat.

Daphne Shelby brings Perry Mason a check from her uncle, who wants her to withdraw the money immediately. Finding the account empty turns a simple banking request into an investigation of what has happened during Daphne's absence.

A young trustee struggles to manage a headstrong woman's inheritance while his feelings for her complicate the arrangement. Perry Mason works to defend him against allegations of embezzlement, but a murder makes the financial dispute far more dangerous.

Waitress Katherine Ellis discovers that her aunt's claims of poverty do not fit the cash hidden at home. Accused first of theft and then of assaulting her aunt, Katherine needs Perry Mason to unravel the family's suspicious arrangements.

Former beauty queen Ellen Adair seeks Perry Mason's help as a secret from her past becomes central to an inheritance dispute. When a nurse with damaging information is murdered, Ellen's effort to secure her son's future puts her under suspicion.

Selma Anson's planned marriage alarms her wealthy fiancé's heirs, who accuse her of poisoning her first husband. Perry Mason must separate their financial motives from the evidence as his client's disappearance makes defending her increasingly difficult.

A woman carrying a bag of cash asks Perry Mason to remain available but refuses to explain why or even reveal her name. Her secrecy and disregard for legal advice draw him into a dangerous web of blackmail.

This collection combines a Perry Mason mystery about a murder victim's unexplained crimson kiss with other early crime stories. Murder, jewel theft, and questions of fear and courage place different investigators and adventurers against deceptive opponents.

Perry Mason searches for a newly married woman whose disappearance follows a jewelry theft and soon brings a murder accusation. Collected alongside other short mysteries, the title story turns a husband's request for help into a dangerous investigation.

Morley Eden's dream home becomes a battleground when his contractor's former wife claims half the property and divides it with barbed wire. Perry Mason intervenes in the bizarre ownership dispute, only to find it connected to murder.

Four crime stories center on stolen jewels and the people drawn into their pursuit. In the title mystery, Perry Mason's fishing weekend is interrupted by a robbery investigation that leads him to defend a man accused of the crime.

Mae Farr asks Perry Mason to protect her from wealthy playboy Penn Wentworth, who claims she forged his signature. When Wentworth is shot dead, Mason must defend a client whose account of their relationship conflicts with the accusations against her.

Perry Mason returns with Della Street and Paul Drake Jr. to defend a businessman's wife accused of murdering her husband. Their investigation must make sense of puzzling clues and conflicting evidence before the case reaches its courtroom confrontation.

Anne Kimbro hires Perry Mason when her fiancé John Leland is accused of stabbing her stepmother. Evidence about an earlier murder in the same house deepens the suspicion, leaving Mason to challenge a case that appears increasingly convincing.