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Originally Posted by drjd
Next up : I bought today 9 books' series by Erle Stanley Gardner today from various sources. I'll start with 'The D.A. Calls it a Murder'. Cozy detective mysteries, with a new lawyer hero Doug Selby, written between 1937 and 1949.
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Finished the first book of The D.A. Series,
The D.A. Calls it a Murder. This first book was published in 1937, whereas the first book of Perry Mason series was published in 1933. The young lawyer Douglas Selby gets elected as District Attorney and finds a murder to be solved immediately after his election. He is obviously under pressure of press and public, and makes a lot of mistakes being unexperienced.
I found the character of Doug Selby somewhat less confident and witty in comparison to Perry Mason, despite all the government machinery at his disposal. However, these are my initial views, and a little bit different opinion could develop when I read the other books in the series. But, however, It will be a nice recommendation for the ardent lovers of writing of
Gardner, I believe.
Next up,
The D.A. Holds a Candle, second book of the series.