The Case of the Glamorous Ghost — Erle Stanley Gardner

Lawyer Perry Mason knows there's something funny about this case. Nobody is going to hire an attorney famous for criminal defense work if they really want to minimize publicity. But that's the story when he's asked to help an apparent amnesia victim who claims to remember nothing for a mysterious two week period--a period which, it turns out, included the death of her boyfriend, or husband, or exactly what isn't clear. What is clear is that District Attorney Hamilton Burger is sure he's going to win this case. Unfortunately for Mason's track record, Mason suspects that Burger just might be right, this time.

Perry Mason brings in private investigator Paul Drake and tries to find evidence that will clear his client. He finds plenty of evidence all right--including a treasure of jewels hidden in the amnesiac's luggage. Unfortunately, everything he finds seems merely to nail the coffin tighter around beautiful Elanor Corbin. Mason is stumped, and when he can't come up with a case of his own, he starts looking for loose ends in the prosecution case. Still, even the most clever cross-examination can only do so much in an open-and-shut case like this--right?

Wearing a sheer nightgown under her raincoat, Eleanor Corbin is found late at night wandering in the park. Police believe she has amnesia--until they find her husband's dead body nearby. Did Eleanor murder him? Was it for the jewels found in her makeup case? And why do several women claim he was their boyfriend? Della Street's womanly wiles and Paul Drake's skillful sleuthing help Perry Mason solve THE CASE OF THE GLAMOROUS GHOST