A review by holgerhaase
The Case of the Cautious Coquette by Erle Stanley Gardner

3.0

I used to read quite a few Perry Masons in my teens but these days I couldn't even say which ones though I clearly remember the feel of those novels and hand on heart as a young impressionable teen I wanted to become a lawyer because of him. (Unless it was one of those days when I wanted to be a secret agent, journalist, private eye, stuntman or trucker.)

I became none of those but when I finally revisited the series the magic was back again.

I did wonder though whether he had always been so nonchalant with breaking and entering or seemingly having all the time in the world to focus on just one case (that wasn't even a proper case for him). I also became afraid that my mental capabilities may have shrunk in the years as I genuinely could not make any sense of the denouement which is not anything I ever remembered about my past reading of the series. But yes, it was quite a mind baffler of a case.

But fun. It sure was fun.