A spanking-new tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Mrs. Florence
Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck of food--but it does carry one
very damning clue to a murder that took place right next door. Such an
unsavory discovery in such an unlikely place can't help but pique the
curiosity of a dedicated mystery hunter like Perry Mason.
But the real mystery about this murder is who--and where--is the victim?
Upstairs neighbor Elston A. Karr heard the telltale sounds of foul play,
but his foul temperament (and his own dark secrets) make him most
uncooperative. It takes a second murder to clear up the mystery of the
missing body--and to make Perry Mason the next prime candidate to
disappear....