The Case of the Fenced-In Woman — Erle Stanley Gardner

DON'T FENCE ME OUT--OR ELSE...

Morley Eden's dream house proves to be a nightmare when an unexpected "guest" moves in. Vivian Carson is the fiery ex-wife of the quick-talking contractor who sold Morley his land and built his home. Thanks to an unsettled divorce dispute over property, Vivian and Morley are the uneasy coinhabitants of a house divided--by a barbed-wire fence running straight through the living room.

With his back against the wall, Morley calls in murder specialist Perry Mason to settle the increasingly turbulent tug-of-war. And war it is, as Mason becomes enmeshed in a dirty divorce battle, and army of scandalmongering reporters, and an honest-to-goodness casualty, found murdered in the middle of the bizarre battlefield...