num_pages: 215
description: California lawyer Perry Mason takes on a client Eva Belter who is described and instantly hated as all velvet and claws by his secretary Della Street.Eva's husband George is behind tabloid editor Frank Lockes blackmail of Congressman Harrison Burke. The politician and Eva had been together at a restaurant when there was an attempted robbery. It's not long before George takes a bullet to the heart as he's getting out of his bath. There's a forged will too. It benefits his nephew Carl who is engaged to the daughter of Mrs. Veitch the Belters secretive housekeeper. Is this complicated or what!At least Eva Belter had brains; she was smart enough to consult Perry Mason.
language: English
title: The Case of the Velvet Claws
publisher: Random House Ballantine