First published in 1959, this is one of the many Perry Mason mysteries written by Gardner.
Gladys Doyle is the secretary of Mauvis Meade, a best selling novelist and former girlfriend of an underworld gangster. Meade instructs Doyle to take her place for an appointment Meade's made for an interview. Doyle is told to spend the weekend, and not come back until Sunday afternoon. On her way back, she takes a wrong turn and gets stuck. She finds a cabin and an unwelcoming occupant, who finally allows her to spend the night. In the morning Doyle discovers her host gone, and a dead body in the other bedroom--and her car is no longer stuck and is facing back towards the main road.
When she finally arrives at Meade's apartment, it is ransacked, and Mauvis Meade is nowhere to be found. Doyle immediately heads for Perry Mason, and tells him what has happened. Perry accepts her as a client, and starts to investigate.
The story was interesting and exciting, there was a little romance thrown in, and a typical Perry Mason courtroom scene. I enjoyed this story quite a bit. I'm looking forward to reading other books in this series.
This is part of my Vintage Mystery BINGO challenge--Golden--N--set in US.
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