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"The Case of the Waylaid Wolf" by Erle Stanley Gardner had Perry defending a woman who is accused of murder after she complains that her boss tried to force himself on her. Perry's courtroom skills are so good he gets the real killer to stand up out of the middle of the audience and confess. ( )

The blurb says this is Gardner's 100th book, though it is not his hundredth Perry Mason story. A young woman is given a ride on a rainy night by the son of the owner of the company she works for; they end up at his place, and he attempts to make a pass at her. She manages to steal his car and escape. However, he turns up dead, and Perry Mason has to defend her. I believe this was one of the first Mason mysteries I read, finding it in my parents' collection. . ( )

This was one of the better Perry Mason novels. Perry was nearly in a panic about whether or not he could solve the case in time, plus he made several mistakes in this one, which was interesting. ( )