Perry Mason risks his freedom to prove the innocence of an unidentified client: "Fast-paced . . . the question of whodunit, as always, gets an unexpected answer." -Publishers Weekly The bait is half of a $10,000 bill, delivered to Perry Mason by a man who promises the second half of the note should his companion, a silent masked woman, ever require the lawyer's services. When a dead body is discovered soon after, Mason feels the hook―but how...

In this mystery classic, Perry Mason takes on the case of a young woman accused of exploiting her frail, wealthy uncle. The woman claims her uncle needs to be freed from the clutches of a money-hungry conniving half-brother. Will Perry and his crack team be able to prove who's the culprit? Everyone's favorite crusading attorney must use all his investigative and interrogatory skills to crack the case and win the trial.

Father Sebastian, the only good priest everybody knows, is dead. Pastor of a parish outside Chicago, Father Sebastian was also involved in the gay community through his work with Faith, the gay Catholic organization the diocese is trying to drive out of the church. High school teacher Tom mason, who has gained some local notoriety from his involvement in a couple of murder cases, is asked by friends to look into the priest's death; was it murder?...

After a difficult summer, the last thing that gay high school teacher Tom Mason needs in the new school year is turmoil. But, a conservative parents' group, "worried" about gay teachers corrupting the students, is attempting to take over the local PTA. And, it soon gets worse-one of the ringleaders of the parents' group is murdered in the high school after a very contentious PTA meetings, and Tom's best friend is arrested for the crime. Now to prove...

When Senator Charles Jamison dies in an apparent accident in Afghanistan, some people grieve, some celebrate, and the federal investigation into his corruption begins a controlled shutdown. But when Sean McCloskey, an Atlanta teenager, overhears conspirators saying Jamison was murdered, he neither rejoices nor mourns. He disappears. Detective John Mason is assigned to find Sean, but no one has a clue - not his mother, not his sister, not his friends...

Other books in The Clint Mason Series: School Teacher and Gunman Stand Tough Destination Santa Fe Phantom Rider Ride West Clint Mason has never been this close to achieving his dream of building a peaceful community around a big, top-quality horse ranch on the Rio Pecos. Using his talents as a land surveyor, he outfoxes a crooked land baron to secure an idyllic estate, but soon finds himself at a poker table with at least three guns pointed his direction....

The second installment in this groundbreaking series reveals that crime does pay-if you're a lawyer In New York's Plaza Hotel, a gambler, a Virginia gentleman, and a failed lawyer named Alfred Randal come together to form a three-man political machine. Rather than contend with Tammany Hall, they set out west to take control of the Arizona statehouse. Soon Randal is governor, the Virginian is auditor, and the gambler is secretary of state. Their reach...

Strange things start to happen as soon as psychic investigator Mason and his boyfriend, Ned, and their roommate, Peggy, arrive in the high desert. An old friend sends him on a quest to identify an artifact found hidden among his dead father's possessions, and the journey brings him into contact with a series of odd characters, not least the enigmatic Laura, who's camping out on the desert but seems to be up to something else. With the help of a manicurist,...

He's facing trouble as big-and unpredictable-as the Texas terrain For security expert Dylan Jacobs, his little daughter is a light against the shadows of his past. But when the sexy ex-soldier locates missing Samantha Turner, the shadows return. Samantha is convinced their childhood nemesis-the Mason Ridge Abductor-is back. And that he's hunting her. Amid a hail of gunfire, Dylan commits to keeping Samantha safe-then nearly crumbles when his own child...

A bougie addict and his wife hire Mason to hunt for buried loot, but he's not even sure it exists. His psychic insights lead him to an old building with a lot to hide, as well as trying to outwit a Freemason, and getting tangled up with a woman who claims to be rooting out corruption in local government-but why does she need a psychic to do that? Working undercover for her at city hall, he runs up against some vicious civil servants who will stop...