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A spanking-new tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Mrs. Florence Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck of food and even though she tries to dismiss it as unimportant, it seems to be important to her nosey sister in law, and it does carry one very damning clue to a murder that took place right next door. Such an unsavory discovery in such an unlikely place can't help but pique the curiosity of a dedicated mystery hunter like Perry Mason.
But the real mystery about this murder is who and where is the victim? Upstairs neighbor Elston A. Karr, confined to a wheelchair, heard the telltale sounds of foul play, but his foul temperament (and his own dark secrets) make him most uncooperative. Karr calls Mason for something that he does not want to disclose, but Perry is intrigued so he goes there - and hears a story of an old partnership, gunrunning and betrayal in China and a link to arms smuggling in the Far East, a missing heir and a cranky old man.
Then the call comes, and Perry Mason ends up finding a body (but decides to leave Drake to report it - which the detective is not very happy about). Before long, Della and Mason will find another body and the link to arms smuggling in the Far East. Add a love story (or 2), some innocent love and some not so innocent love, an heiress that resurfaces and dead men coming back from life complete the story of the mystery.
It takes a second murder to clear up the mystery of the missing body and to make Perry Mason the next prime candidate to disappear....
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Detective and mystery stories, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction in English, Fiction, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), California, fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Mason, perry (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, legal, Fiction, mystery & detective, generalEdition | Availability |
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The Case of the Empty Tin
December 1996, Ballantine Books
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The Case of the Empty Tin
December 1989, Ulverscroft Large Print
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The Case of the Empty Tin
September 12, 1985, Fawcett
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Case of the Empty Tin
July 12, 1984, Ballantine Books
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The case of the empty tin
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You do not expect to find an empty closed tin between your tins of preserves. But that is what Mrs. Gentrie finds in her basement - and even though she tries to dismiss it, it seems to be important for her sister in law.
Meanwhile a man is killed in the house next door (or so it looks - no body is recovered) and another neighbor calls Mason for something that he does not want to disclose. Perry is intrigued so he goes there - and hears a story of old partnership and China, a missing heir and a cranky old man. The client is absolutely annoying - both for the lawyer and for the reader. And something in the story sounds fishy. The code that is found in the empty tin does not help clarify things.
Then a call comes. And Perry Mason ends up finding a body (but decides to leave Drake to report it - which the detective is not very happy about). Before long, Della and Mason will find another body and a link to arms smuggling in the Far East (with WWII already started outside of the US, that has long repercussions for the situation in the world). Add a love story (or 2), some innocent love and some not so innocent one, a heiress that resurfaces and dead men coming back from life complete the story of the mystery.
Tragg and Mason work together to some extent but because of where Perry shows up and mainly when, they both play their own games. And that almost makes the problem unsolvable.
At the end, the truth end up being in front of everyone's eyes - it comes down to one wrong assumption. It is a nicely constructed story - and I want to see where the stories will go when the war really starts.
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