In 1933 the crime writer Erle Stanley Gardner, himself a practicing lawyer, unleashed the character Perry Mason in the novel The Case of the Velvet Claws. Perry

"The key to Perry Mason was that it was a game show. It was 'Who Killed Cock Robin?' You had five suspects, each of whom had their own scene [opposite Mason] in

The only witness to a millionaire’s murder is a parrot that keeps repeating phrases that may identify the killer.

Sybil Harlan is aware of her husband’s dalliance with an alluring business associate. Sybil asks Perry Mason to help her sour the real estate deal and win bac