# The Case of the Lucky Loser

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- Book: [The Case of the Lucky Loser](https://www.bookquiver.com/a-a-fair/the-case-of-the-lucky-loser) ([The Case of the Lucky Loser.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/a-a-fair/the-case-of-the-lucky-loser.md))
- Authors: [A. A. Fair](https://www.bookquiver.com/a-a-fair)
- Publisher: the_murder_room
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7190-865-1
- Published: 2014-12-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'A master storyteller' New York Times 'His Mason books remain tantalising on every page and brilliant' Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent 'For fans of classic hard-boiled whodunits, this is a time machine back to an exuberant era of snappy patter, stakeouts, and double-crosses' LA Times The first woman wouldn't even give her name. But the clear, feminine voice faltered considerably over the question of what Perry Mason's charges would be for a day in court - a day doing nothing but listening. The second woman gave a good deal more - but the question was, what did she expect to get? Dorla Balfour, lethally lovely and dangerously rich, forced a $1,000 retainer on Mason to deal with a case already tried and decided. The offense involved appeared to be manslaughter, hit-and-run, but it soon became murder ... with the corpse killed twice.