Perry Mason and the Case of the Velvet Claws: A Radio Dramatization
Perry Mason plays fast and loose with the law in a deadly case 2 CDs 1 hour 31 minutes Dramatized for audio by M.J. Elliot. Based on the book by Erle Stanley Gardner. Voiced by the actors of The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air. The Case of the Velvet Claws was the very first Perry Mason book, published in 1933. This radio dramatization is based on that book but, of course, it had to be adapted for the "radio play" format. Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) Perry Mason, Paul Drake and Della Street all figure large in this murder mystery that all began with an adulterous wife who wants to avoid political scandal. Eva Griffin, married to a powerful millionaire, was discovered in a hotel with a married Congressman due to an un-related crime at the hotel. Spicy Bits, a magazine that specializes in reporting scandal, is on the trail of this potential scandal and Griffin wants Perry Mason to act in her stead and offer the magazine a bribe to drop the story.