The Case Of The Foot-loose Doll (perry Mason Mysteries (fawcett Books))

Engaged to a dynamic young go-getter on his way up the corporate ladder, secretary Mildred Crest was riding high. Until her prince charming embezzled company funds and skipped town, leaving Mildred with nothing but a ring on her finger and egg on her face. Now all she wants is to start life over again and when a fateful drive leads to the death of a lone hitchhiker, Mildred gets that chance. But this is not the sweet escape she thought it would be when the life she’s adopted takes an even darker turn for the worse.... Oh the agony of deceit....
THE AGONY OF DECEIT

Engaged to a dynamic young go-getter on his way up the corporate ladder, secretary Mildred Crest was riding high. Until her prince charming embezzled company funds and skipped town, leaving Mildred with nothing but a ring on her finger and egg on her face. Now all she wants is to start life over again. And when a fateful drive leads to the death of a lone hitchhiker, Mildred gets that chance—and a lot more.

But switching identities with another woman isn't the sweet escape Mildred dreamed it would be. Because the hitchhiker was on the run from a world of troubles—including a scandal that made her the target of a blackmailer. Desperate, Mildred turns to Perry Mason, who tries to put the screws on her tormentor. But when the extortionist gets exterminated, the whole sordid affair takes an even darker turn for the worse. . . .

THE ORIGINAL COURTROOM NOVELS Engaged to a dynamic young go-getter on his way up the corporate ladder, secretary Mildred Crest was riding high. Until her prince charming embezzled company funds and skipped town, leaving Mildred with nothing but a ring on her finer and egg on her face. Now all she wants is to start life over again. And when a fateful drive leads to the death of a lone hitchhiker, Mildred gets that chance - and a lot more.But switching identities with another woman isn't the sweet escape Mildred dreamed it would be. Because the hitchhiker was on the run from a world of troubles - including a scandal that made her the target of a blackmailer. Desperate, Mildred turns to Perry Mason, who tries to put the screws to her tormentor. But when the extortionist gets exterminated, the whole sordid affair takes an even darker turn for the worse... Jilted by her fiancee, a corporate embezzelor who skipped town with company funds, Mildred decides to switch identities with a dead hitchhiker, hoping to create a new life for herself, but her rouse brings even more troubles, so she turns to Perry Mason for help. Reissue. A woman who is dejected after her fiance embezzles funds and skips town switches identities with a dead hitchhiker and inherits her world of troubles, including a blackmail scandal. She turns to Perry Mason for help in putting the screws to her tormentor. AT FIFTEEN MINUTES past two o'clock that afternoon, Mildred Crest's world collapsed about her in a wreckage which left her so completely dazed that her mind became numb and her reasoning faculties simply failed to function.