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"Matilda Benson approaches Perry Mason, the lawyer, to recover the IOUs that her grand daughter Sylvia Oxman had written off to clear her gambling debts with a gambling ship that cruises just beyond the twelve-mile limit. Her marriage being on the rocks, Sylvia's husband will use these against her in the divorce proceedings to get the custody of their child. The owners of the gambling ship know about this, and it only makes matters worse. Although Matilda is willing to pay a little more than the face value of the IOUs, she is afraid they might try to make both parties bid against each other in order to get the IOUs. Hence she requests Perry Mason to step in and solve the problem.
Mason goes to the gambling ship to retrieve the IOUs, and finds both Matilda and her grand daughter aboard the ship. One of the two owners of the ship is killed, and as it appears, only Mason or Sylvia could have shot him. Mason goes into hiding to escape the police so that he can solve the mystery. At the same time, one of his detective's operatives 'tells all' to the police.
Perry Mason needs to prove his own innocence, besides trusting his client and proving her innocence as well. The scenes aboard the gambling ship are very well described. "
Ashwita, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
- 1930's-1950's
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Special suspect?
- investigator him/herself
Murder of certain profession?
- boat people
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- local police w/ IQ of a houseplant
Kind of investigator
- hard boiled/private eye
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 1
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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