The Case of the Queenly Contestant

The client had an extraordinary air of assurance about her — one could almost say a queenly air.

There was no doubt that she was in some sort of jam, which had started years before when she had won a beauty contest. The question was, why was she trying to hide what had happened since — and who was trying to expose it?

Perry Mason was intrigued, and soon found himself unraveling a past that led straight to a trial for murder.

Erle Stanley Gardner is the world’s best-selling mystery writer for reasons this fast-paced story makes abundantly clear.