I think I must have bought this secondhand when I was a teenager - one of the people Mason is engaged to defend is a 'leg model' so there is some excuse for the cover picture. There was no court room action at all in this story and no police questioning either, unless you count their questioning of Mason himself at the end.

I didn't really enjoy this one: the client was obnoxious, everyone lied to Mason, Mason lied to the police, Mason was supercilious with Paul Drake, and there was a fair amount of repetition. It is very fortunate that the people Mason represents always turn out to be innocent...I think it is time my small ESG collection is returned to a secondhand book store. ( )

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Interesting cover design showing stockings, legs, dice and high heels; the motto for the Pocket books series is 'kind to your pocket and your pocketbook'. The first sentence brings back the memory of Perry Mason on black and white TV: 'Della Street held open the door of Perry Mason's private office' - and the last sentence '''Show him in", he said'

I watched the Perry Mason TV courtroom drama series as a child but I had never read one of Earl Stanley Gardner's books. Perhaps the TV show was better than this book or maybe some of the other Perry Mason mystery books were better than this. There was no courtroom drama in The Case of the Lucky Legs. Everything took place in Mason's office and in some hotels and apartments. I will try one more before I totally give up on him. ( )

This is an earlier Mason mystery. The mystery itself is strong, but a couple of the plot points are a bit jumpy. ( )