The Case of the Gilded Lily (Perry Mason Mystery)

The Case of the Gilded Lily (Perry Mason Mystery) is a crime suspense novel and a part of the Perry Mason series of detective stories.

Perry Mason is a criminal defense lawyer. He enjoys working in cases that are difficult, unusual or nearly hopeless in the Case of the Gilded Lily (Perry Mason Mystery), Stewart G Bedford and his wife, Ann, are blackmailed by Binney Denham. Binney has information about Ann's criminal past and threatens to reveal it. He demands $20,000, which Stewart agrees to pay.

Stewart goes to a roadside motel, which is the ransom exchange location. The story takes a dramatic turn, when Stewart wakes up in a drugged state and find outs that Binney has been shot. The blackmailer's gun and his sidekick, Jerry, are both missing. Eventually, Stewart is accused of murdering Binney. It looks like a very straightforward case as Stewart can't provide an alibi and he certainly has a very strong motive for killing Binney in the Case of the Gilded Lily (Perry Mason Mystery), Perry Mason takes the case and now has to defend a man who seems like the most obvious culprit.

The Case of the Gilded Lily (Perry Mason Mystery), published by Ballantine Books in 1985, is available as a paperback.

Key Features:

• The Perry Mason mystery series has been adapted thrice into TV shows. The first ran from 1957 to 1966, the second from 1973 to 1974 and the third from 1985 to 1993.