THE CASE OF THE POSTPONED MURDER by Erle Stanley Gardner

When Mae Farr becomes the presumed stalking victim of wealthy playboy Penn Wentworth, she asks Perry Mason for help. Wentworth says he merely wants her for forging his name on a fat check. Farr claims he just wants her. Enter Harold Anders, a lovestruck suitor from Mae's small hometown who's determined to ride to her rescue.

Yet Mae makes it clear she's no pushover for any man. She's even willing to play hardball with Wentworth on his turf (or in this case, his yacht). But fatal gunplay rocks the boat-leaving Wentworth a dead man, Mae Farr a wanted woman, and Perry Mason in deep, very troubled water....