Just finished
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat by Erle Stanley Gardner. This was another of the early Mason books, having been originally copyrighted in 1935. Like most of the ebooks in this series, I'm finding a lot of typos. Nothing major, but others may find the typos mildly annoying. The scanner used on this book seems to have quite a bit of difficulty with recognizing the word "his" especially, as can be seen from these four examples:
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• He dug down in bis pocket.
• I think bis cat is safe.
• Perry Mason paused in bis pacing back and forth across the office.
• …scratches on bis hands….
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The word "Chevy" was spelled "Chevvy" throughout the book, making me wonder if this was a common spelling in 1935.
A couple of quotes with comments:
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A screwdriver made its appearance.
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I think Mr. Gardner was just having a bit of fun here. This phrase painted the strange word picture in my head of a screwdriver walking into a room and taking a bow.
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She was dead when the ambulance arrived. Her skull was fractured.
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I know the feeling.
Overall, I give this one 4 stars out of 5. I thought I had this one figured out early, but was thrown once more.