"Thanks to a bungled robbery at a fancy hotel, the already-married Eva Griffin has been caught in the company of a prominent congressman. To protect the politico, Eva's ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid his hush money. But Perry Mason has other plans. He tracks down the phantom fat cat who secretly runs the blackmailing tabloid--only to discover a shocking scoop. By the time Mason's comely client finally comes clean, her husband has taken...

A tale of two sisters, family fortune, and murder: "Millions of Americans never seem to tire of Gardner's thrillers" (The New York Times). Beautiful Sylvia Bain Atwood is overseeing her ailing father's estate while her sister serves as his caregiver. But their father's fortune has shadowy roots'and now one of his creditors is blackmailing the family. When the situation escalates to murder, defense lawyer Perry Mason will have his hands full in this...

A crime thriller starring the sleuthing lawyer portrayed in the HBO limited series'from the Edgar Award'winning "kingpin among the mystery writers" (The New York Times). Stewart Bedford is willing to cooperate with a blackmailer to protect his beloved wife. But when he wakes up in a daze to find the man shot dead with Bedford's gun and his blond escort missing, he'll need some help from defense lawyer Perry Mason ... This mystery is part of Edgar...

"Take a proxy fight and a series of mysterious phone calls from an elusive female known as Rosalind. Add a couple of guns and a dead blonde in a bare hotel room. Season with Perry Mason's brilliant deductive and analytical powers ... and some fast action by Della Street and Paul Drake, and you have a murder case that is almost too hot to handle"--Dust jacket flap