The Case of the Cautious Coquette
Cover Artist: Silver Studio (cover photograph)By: Gardner, Erle Stanley
Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc. (1009)
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Catalog #: Kelley Coll. PS3513 .A6322 C227 1954
Contributor: S. Roe
General
Era: 1940sAuthor as on Cover: Erle Stanley Gardner
Publication:1954
Original Date: 1949
Setting: urban
Plot Summary
Two different parties confess and pay damages for committing the very same hit-and-run accident There's something fishy about this one. Here's a case that has too many people confessing. It takes Perry Mason, Della Street, and Paul Drake to run down all the loose ends on this one, especially after Perry carelessly leaves his fingerprints on the murder weapon!Major Characters
Perry Mason "Chief", adult male, tall, well-built, defense attorneyDella Street adult female, 30s, pretty, smart, Perry Mason's legal secretary
Paul Drake adult male, tall, lanky private investigator and owner of the Drake Detective Agency
Lucille Barton adult female, late 20s, saucy blue eyes, molasses-taffy hair, luscious strawberry mouth with even, white teeth, a woman who "knew her way around"
Arthur Colson adult male, Lucille's devoted business partner
Hamilton Burger adult male, big, ponderous, dignified and hostile district attorney, determined to get Perry Mason