Erle Stanley Gardner 
Blood on the Cat [EPUB ebook] 

In this legal mystery from the creator of Perry Mason, a newly elected District Attorney must prove his worth with a puzzling case.

In a small town north of Los Angeles, Doug Selby claims narrow victory in a hotly-contested race for District Attorney. Then his troubles begin: First, when the local paper, supportive of the incumbent, immediately launches an effort to get Selby recalled. And then there’s the murdered man that turns up in the very hotel that housed Selby’s campaign headquarters. If he can quickly solve the case, Selby will prove that he deserves his new position; if not, he risks providing more fodder to his enemies at
The Blade.
What follows is a fast-paced and twisty investigation involving a famous actress, a stolen identity, and plenty of red herrings as Selby, the sheriff, and a sympathetic journalist endeavor to determine whodunit. This clever Golden Age page-turner features the same legal acumen that fans expect from the author of the Perry Mason series and Erle Stanley Gardner’s signature snappy dialogue and quick plotting, as well.
Originally published in 1937 and reissued for the first time in over thirty years,
The D.A. Calls It Murder is a classic legal mystery with a lead who starkly contrasts with Gardner’s more famous character. Doug Selby went on to star in eight more celebrated novels.

About the author

Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); Mysterious Press.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from Noir Con and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.