Title: The Case of the Reluctant Model
First published: 1962
Description: Art student Maxine Lindsay, as the guest of her mentor, art dealer Colin Durant, attends a reception aboard the yacht of millionaire Otto Olney , who is unveiling his newest purchase, a $130,000 Gauguin. When Durant confides that the painting is a fake, Maxine becomes involved in a complicated series of deceptions. Soon gallery owner Leslie Rankin threatens Maxine. Perry Mason is called in, a beatnik artist is accused of painting the fake, and Durant is found fully clothed in Maxine's shower, shot dead with her pistol.
Subjects: Trials (Murder), Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories
LC classification: PZ3.G1714 Caldo2, PS3513.A6322 Caldo2