The case of the foot-loose doll

Description

Engaged to a dynamic young go-getter on his way up the corporate ladder, secretary Mildred Crest was riding high. Until her prince charming embezzled company funds and skipped town, leaving Mildred with nothing but a ring on her finer and egg on her face. Now all she wants is to start life over again. And when a fateful drive leads to the death of a lone hitchhiker, Mildred gets that chance - and a lot more.But switching identities with another woman isn't the sweet escape Mildred dreamed it would be. Because the hitchhiker was on the run from a world of troubles - including a scandal that made her the target of a blackmailer. Desperate, Mildred turns to Perry Mason, who tries to put the screws to her tormentor. But when the extortionist gets exterminated, the whole sordid affair takes an even darker turn for the worse...

First Sentence

AT FIFTEEN MINUTES past two o'clock that afternoon, Mildred Crest's world collapsed about her in a wreckage which left her so completely dazed that her mind became numb and her reasoning faculties simply failed to function.

Subjects

Series Statement

• A Perry Mason mystery

Other Editions

• The case of the foot-loose dollBallantine Books1983-01-01
• The case of the foot-loose doll; Still no answer; The famous McGarry storiesPublished for the Detective Book Club by W.J. Black1958-01-01
• The case of the foot-loose doll.Walter J. Black1958-01-01
• The case of the foot-loose dollMorrow1958-01-01
• The case of the foot-loose doll.Walter J. Black1958-01-01
• טרמפ למוותמ. מזרחי1964-01-01