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Sharks Never Sleep: A Black Mask Mystery Featuring Erle Stanley Gardner
Sharks Never Sleep A Black Mask Mystery Featuring Erle Stanley Gardner Author:William F. Nolan America's premier mystery writers--Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner--make a comeback in this latest suspense novel from William F. Nolan. In a vivid re-creation of Hollywood's Golden Age, Erle Stanley Gardner is accused of murder and becomes a fugitive in a desperate attempt to find the real killer. As the ac... more »tion sweeps from an MGM movie set to an obscure fishing village on the Gulf of California, listeners are treated to a drunken John Barrymore emoting Shakespeare, a bawdy encounter with Mae West in a steam bath, a full-throttle car chase with racing legend Barney Oldfield, and a shocking phone call from America's foremost gossipmonger, Walter Winchell. The climax is a murder trial in which Gardner, in true Perry Mason style, chooses to defend himself against the threatened death sentence.« less