Case of the Deadly Toy

''Tantalising on every page and brilliant Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent and Testimony

''Kingpin among the mystery writers'' New York Times


When Norda Allison saw her husband-to-be slap his young son, she immediately called off the wedding. Now she is terrified. Her ex-fiancé has beaten up her new boyfriend, and anonymous newspaper clippings are flooding her mailbox - articles graphically depicting what jilted men do to the women who leave them.

Then Norda''s life takes an even darker turn. It begins with a barking dog, a child''s scream, a gun shot, and the discovery of a dead body - and takes a further twist when Norda is arrested and charged with brutal murder. Now only the brilliant courtroom strategist Perry Mason stands between Norda and a sentence of certain death ...