The Case Of The Silent Partner.

ERLE STANLEY GARDNER

Publication: William Morrow and Company, 1940, New York

First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners, with a light vertical crease on the front and rear cover panels.. Arch-competitor Harry Peavis secretly buys stock in florist Mildred Faulkner's small, family-owned business. To keep from being muscled out of her own company, Mildred goes to Perry Mason. But then Mildred's brother-in-law bets and loses stock shares in a poker game with a sleazy ex-con and his girlfriend. When both are found dead, the trail of evidence leads back to Mildred. Perry Mason mystery story.

Inventory Number: 40803