A lot of the book happens away from the natural home of PM. He does give HB a good reaming in the courtroom, so this is a bit of a classic. ( )

Nellie Conway, a practical nurse, comes to Perry Mason concerned that her patient's husband is trying to poison her patient. She hires Perry for $1 to help her find out. When Perry gets the results that the pills the husband gave Nellie to give to his wife are not poison, it looks like the case is over. But it is not!

The husband, Nathan Bain, accuses Nellie of stealing some of his wife's expensive jewellery. Now Perry finds himself defending Nellie on theft charges. Of course he gets her off, but all is not done.

Seems Nathan Bain has a suspicious history, and when his wife does wind up dead from poisoning, Perry again finds himself defending a member of this group in court. This time it is the half-sister of the victim.

Along with finding out what is in Nathan Bain's background and that of others, who is to benefit from the victim's death, and making it all make sense, Perry is dealing with a Sargeant Holcomb. I prefer Tragg to Holcomb for the police presence. Holcomb seem to be close to a by-the-book cop, where Tragg does give Perry a tiny bit of slack.

Over all, I again enjoyed another Perry Mason mystery.

Side note: I discovered that the plot of this book was used for two different episodes of the TV series. ( )

Relato corto que tiene a Perrry Mason como protagonista.