The Case of the Lazy Lover

Cast of characters

Perry Mason — A criminal lawyer with a steel-trap mind and a stubborn desire to get at the truth

Della Street — Perry Mason’s confidential secretary

Lola Faxon Allred — The attractive, middle-aged wife of Bertrand C. Allred. She is — more than she suspects — at a dangerous age

Bertrand C. Allred — A powerful mine operator with a ruthless resolve to get what he wants

Gertie — Perry Mason’s plump, good-natured receptionist, who displays an unsuspected talent for drama

Robert Grego Fleetwood — Bertrand C. Allred’s right-hand man, who disappears with Mrs. Allred under mysterious circumstances

Patricia Faxon — Mrs. Allred’s daughter by a prior marriage, a beautiful damsel in distress

John Bagley — A leading contender for Patricia Faxon’s affections

George Jerome — Allred’s partner in mining deals. A clever man — perhaps as clever as Allred

Dixon Keith — He swapped mining properties with Allred and Jerome — and learned a bitter lesson

Mervin Canby — President of the Farmers. Merchants & Mechanics Bank, who is busy with checks and double checks

Paul Drake — Head of the Drake Detective Agency. Thanks to Perry Mason, he does much sleuthing and little sleeping

C. E. Pawling — President of the First National Bank at Las Olitas, who is distressed at the financial antics of an important depositor

Maurine Milford — An extremely attractive young woman who leaves an extremely puzzling trail

Jane Smith — The description matched, but the name didn’t

Frank Inman — A treat-’em-rough investigator from the sheriffs office

Lieutenant Tragg — A homicide-squad officer who, he thinks, has outsmarted Perry Mason

P. E. Overbrook — An expert on back-tracking — in more ways than one

Bernice Archer — Fleetwood’s girl friend. Her figure is remarkable — and so is her I.Q.

Leighton — A service station operator. The phone call wasn’t finished, but the alibi was

Bert Humphreys — His diagram was carefully plotted — and so was the witness’s story

D. T. Danvers — The Assistant District Attorney, who has a passion for details but overlooks a crucial point

Judge Colton — He disapproved of fishing expeditions — and then Perry Mason pulled in a whopper