MARCIA WHITTAKER — A beautiful blonde, hard as nails but soft about Conway, she cashed the controversial $20,000 check
JOHN MILICANT — To some he was known as Emily Milicant’s brother, but others knew him under a different name
JASON CARREL — He took Uncle Alden for a ride and committed him to a sanitarium
FREEMAN LEEDS — He hadn’t seen his brother Alden in fifty-three years but was quick to recognize him when he found out that Alden had come home rich
HAROLD LEEDS — Freeman’s son, he had a few vices his father didn’t know about
HAZEL STICKLAND — These two girls didn’t know each other,
INEZ COLTON — but both took a run-out powder on the night of the murder
Chapter 1
Perry Mason stared at the morning mail with evident distaste. He raised his eyes to where his secretary was standing at his elbow, and said, “Gosh, Della, can’t you scare me up a good mystery?”
Della Street said, “I’ve handled all the routine mail. This is the important stuff which needs your personal attention.”