The Case of the Gilded Lily
Client
Stewart Bedford
Victim
Binney Denham
Prosecution
Hamilton Burger
Investigator
Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg
Case Narrative & Plot Summary
A newlywed executive blackmailed over his wife's past wakes up in a motel room next to a corpse, having been drugged with sleeping pills.
Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick
Mason uses barbiturate metabolic breakdown rates and vehicle odometer readings to crack the frame.