The Case of the Curious Bride Author:Erle Stanley Gardner This book is about a lady who lied. She came into Perry Mason's office abd asked him if you could be convicted of murder if there were no corpse. She said she wanted the advice for a friend. Mason knew that she lied even before he heard her question. — These were the first of many lies that Mason encountered in the case of Rhoda Montaine. She was... more » tried for the murder of her husband. She said she was downstairs ringing the doorbell when he was killed. The prosecution said that she was upstairs in his room. The only sure fact was that he was dead.« less