The Case of the Demure Defendant
Erle Stanley Gardner
Paperback
(Pocket Bks # 75551, April 1, 1971)
DR. LOGBERT DENAIR KEPT HIS EYE ON THE TAPE RECORDER AS HIS NURSE LET THE TRUTH SERUM DRIP INTO NADINE FARR'S VEIN. "WHO WAS THE MAN WHO HATED YOU?" HE ASKED. "UNCLE MOSHER, HE'S DEAD." "HOW DID HE DIE?" "POISON. I KILLED HIM." "WHERE DID YOU GET THE POISON? NADINE FARR'S ANSWER WAS UNINTELLIGIBLE. SHE SLID OFF INTO A DEEP SLEEP. DR. DENAIR QUICKLY TOLD THE NURSE WHAT TO DO. THEN HE PACKED THE TAPE RECORDER AND RUSHED TO PERRY MASON FOR ADVICE. AND THAT WAS HOW IT BEGAN. BEFORE IT ENDED, PERRY MASON FOUND HIMSELF DEFENDING A CONFESSED MURDERER - WITH THE POLICE HOLDING ALL THE EVIDENCE!