About the book: 1958 / Perry Mason, feeling Della Street's gaze on him, looked up from the code of laws and looked at his elegant and spectacular secretary, who stopped in door. “What’s the matter, Della?” “What would be the status of an unmarried woman who, according to her, is dating an unmarried man?” Mason’s eyebrow shot up in surprise. “Such a status does not exist.” Why are you asking? “Because there’s a certain Miss Stephanie Faulkner waiting in the waiting room.” She claims to be - and I quote her again - "maintaining friendly relations" with Homer Garvin.