Paul Drake is a fictional private detective in the Perry Mason series of murder mystery novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Drake is described as tall and slouching, nondescript, and frequently wearing an expression of droll humor. He often smoked cigarettes especially when he had a subject of interest under surveillance. He is friend and right-hand man to Mason, a highly successful criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles.
William Hopper as Paul Drake in the CBS-TV series Perry Mason, with guest star Bette Davis (1963)
The following is a list of the Perry Mason novels and short stories by Erle Stanley Gardner, published from 1933 to 1973.
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933), first edition
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934), first edition
Robert W. Douglas illustrated "The Case of the Crying Swallow" for the August 1947 issue of The American Magazine