The case of the waylaid wolf
(Book)

Mundell, E.H. Erle Stanley Gardner,,p. 54

Hubin Crime Fiction, 1749-1980,,p. 158

If you're young, attractive, and female, resist the advances of Loring Lamont at your peril. The spoiled son of a rich and powerful father, Lamont is a wolf who goes after one pretty lamb too many. For stenographer Arlene Ferris has vowed not to let him get away with his cruel come-ons, though she never had murder in mind. Perry Mason's cardinal rule - always trust your client - finds its sorest test when all the evidence says the unfortunate Miss Ferris brandished the fatal knife. Now he may have to step over the line of the law to prove his trust was justified.