The Case of the Baited Hook

OLE — A sleepy-eyed janitor

ROBERT PELTHAM — An architect of devious methods

“THE MASKED MISTRESS” — Who holds half the bait

DELLA STREET — Secretary par excellence

GERTIE — Switchboard operator and information clerk

ABIGAIL ESTHER TUMP — Who has imagination and ambition

PAUL DRAKE — Of the Drake Detective Agency

ALBERT TIDINGS — A mistrusted trustee

NADINE TIDINGS — His estranged wife

SERGEANT HOLCOMB — Of the Homicide Squad

BYRL GAILORD — A social climber

CARL MATTERN — Tiding’s secretary

MR. LOFTUS — Senior partner of Loftus & Cale, brokers

MR. GANTEN — Legal adviser to Loftus & Cale

EMERY B. BOLUS — President of the Western Prospecting Company

ADELLE HASTINGS — A penniless heiress

ARTHMONT A. FREEL — Who indulges in genteel blackmail

HAMILTON BERGER — District attorney

and PERRY MASON