Title: The case of the crimson kiss
Subtitle: a Perry Mason novelette, and other stories.
First published: 1971
Description: Four early short stories from the author of "Perry Mason" :
*The Case of the Crimson Kiss*: Perry Mason deciphers (among other things) the mystery of  the "crimson kiss" on the forehead of a murder victim... 
*Fingers of Fong* finds Dick Sprague matching wits with a Chinese murderer...
In *The Valley of Little Fears*, a man and a dog have to come to terms with their fears and cowardice - and, perhaps, more...
*Crooked Lighning* tells the tale of a gem agent pitted against a gem thief called Crooked Lightning. With the special Gardner twist in the tail...
And *At Arm's Length*: Of Jerry Marr, a private detective who has to "create" his clients in an economic depression. Whose "tough-mindedness in his approach and brilliance in his deduction ... suggest a step in the evolution of Perry Mason."
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), American Legal stories, Fiction, California, fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Mason, perry (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, legal, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places: California, American Desert (Armagosa Creek)
People: Perry Mason, Dick Sprague, Jerry Marr (All 3 fictional characters)
LC classification: PZ3.G1714 Cad, PS3513.A6322 Cad