Not as much fun to read as I had hoped. To completely guess the mystery you would need to know about a character never mentioned. ( )

This is the final book in a small series with an interesting reversal on Gardner's bigger and more popular Perry Mason series. Doug Selby is a bright, conscientious DA in a small town, often going up against an oily defense attorney who seems like Mason taken one degree further, or how Mason might become as he gets older, just caring about winning (and manipulating people), with no regard for the law. In this final book in the series, Selby deals with a murder case involving a stranger in town. There are good and bad law officers and reporters/newspapers to help and hinder Selby (and balance the book). ( )