May Read

Title: The Case of the Cautious Coquette
Author: Gardner, Erle Stanley
Genre: Mystery
Book Description (from amazon.com):
When Perry Mason and Paul Drake ran the ad, all they were hoping for was a clue to the identity of a hit-and-run driver. The first reply looked suspicious. It said that the license number of the wanted car was written down in the notebook of a woman who could be out of her apartment from two to five on a certain afternoon, and a key to the apartment was enclosed.

“Could this letter,” Mason asked Della Street, “have been written by the woman herself? I want to get the feminine angle.”Della laughed. “There aren’t any feminine angles—they’re all curved.” Fast curves.

From the very first time Perry met the voluptuous blonde, Lucille Barton, she pitched him trouble. She lied about her past, about her many marriages, about her gun, and about her boyfriends. Then the murders began. And the cops turned up with evidence which pointed clearly to one person as the killer—Perry Mason!
My Read:
This is a book with 3 cases: The Case of the Cautious Coquette; the Case of the Crimson Kiss and the Case of the Crying Swallow.
The most dramatic show of all in the Case of the Cautious Coquette is the scene when Sergeant Holcomb was tricked by the flash bulbs made by the Drake's Detective Agency's hires posting as professional photographers. The arrogant sergeant who is eager to fame himself falls for the trick and helps Mason to clear his trapped situation.
Mr. Mason demonstrated his keen observation in the Case of Crimson Kiss. He didn't fail to question the abnormal conditions and determined to find the answers.
I like the expression in the case of the Crying Swallow.
Mr. Mason raised his eyebrows when this client said the following:"Well, I have, in the back of my consciousness, a vague recollection of a swallow crying." This statement implied that the birds were disturbed at the wee hour meaning someone or something took place in or nearby the birds' nest.