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When Peter Kent's niece brings his sleepwalking relative to a lawyer, Perry Mason must protect him from his jealous wife and unscrupulous business partner. After a gruesome knife is discovered beneath Kent’s pillow, the unrelated family member becomes a prime suspect in a murder investigation.
First publish date: 1936
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: Erle Stanley Gardner
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