The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife

In the dead of night, a thick fog lies over the black waters. You are aboard a fancy yacht full of fancy people who loathe one another. Suddenly you hear… A scream! A splash! A shot! The fateful cry, “Man Overboard!” And the next thing you know, you find yourself clutching a beautiful woman wearing only a flimsy nightgown. In her hands she holds a gun.

That’s the predicament in which Perry Mason suddenly finds himself. But that’s only the beginning. Things happen speedily and this woman…