In this novelette Perry Mason solves the case of the death of a blackmailer and the disappearance of an amnesiac wife.

A forged check... a runs way wife... a curiously lazy lover... these tantalizing and elusive clues lead PERRY MASON and DELLA STREET to one of their most baffling cases ever—

It all began when the first check for $2500 arrived. It was made out to Perry Mason and signed “Lola Faxon Allred” and it had been attached to a letter which wasn’t there.

Then the noon mail came in with another check — same amount, same signature and the same aura of mystery.