Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Case of the Turning Tide | 1941 | Erle Stanley Gardner | Buy |
| 2 | The Case of the Smoking Chimney | 1943 | Erle Stanley Gardner | Buy |
| 3 | The Case Of The Musical Cow | 1960 | Erle Stanley Gardner | Buy |
Gramp Wiggens is a three-book mystery series by Erle Stanley Gardner, featuring an elderly amateur detective who uses common sense and careful observation to solve crimes. The three books were published in 1941, 1943, and 1960, with a long gap between the second and third entries.
The series is a minor entry in Gardner’s catalog, representing his occasional experiments with detective types outside the professional lawyer or PI archetype. Gramp Wiggens has a more cozy mystery sensibility compared to the courtroom drama of Perry Mason or the hardboiled tone of Donald Lam and Bertha Cool. The three books are standalone cases and can be read in any order.