"The Case Of The Black-Eyed Blonde" 1944 GARDNER, Erle Stanley

GARDNER, Erle Stanley [217] pp. Grosset & Dunlap 1944 8" x 5 1/2" The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde is a 1944 Perry Mason mystery novel by Erle Stanley Gardner, featuring lawyer Perry Mason defending a beautiful blonde client, Diana Regis, who is accused of murdering her roommate after being framed with evidence, including her fingerprints on the murder weapon. The case begins as a simple assault claim against a man who hit her, but escalates into a murder trial where Mason must clear his client's name by uncovering the real killer and the truth behind the planted evidence.