- A fashion designer on live TV negates a deal her husband/partner brokered with another firm. Later, before their fashion show she takes a pill with champagne provided by her husband and shortly falls to the floor saying she was poisoned.
- Flavia Pierce, fashion designer, and her husband/partner Charles appear on a celebrity television show to promote their upcoming preview of the new line. They argue over a proposed business deal with another designer, Henry De Garmo, which Flavia rejects on the air. She suspects the deal will benefit one of Charles' favorite models, Hope Sutherland. Henry contacts Flavia's brother, George Halliday, to see if George can influence his sister. Charles consults Perry Mason about the situation letting him review the contract as well as the couples prenuptial agreement which shows she kept the rights to her name. Hope gives Charles a bottle of champagne to celebrate the preview, after which she plans to leave the firm. Flavia drinks some of the champagne to take a pill and falls to the floor in a couple of minutes. She makes a dying declaration to her assistant, Leona Durant, that Charles has poisoned her. Charles is arrested, and Perry questions whether the death is murder or suicide.—richardann
- Charles Pierce consults Perry Mason when his wife, clothing designer Flavia Pierce, publicly reneges on a recent business agreement they've signed with New York fashion mogul Henry De Garmo. Apart from being embarrassed - she made her statement on live TV - he's already taken money for the deal. Perry reviews their prenuptial agreement and concludes that his wife is within her rights. More interesting to Perry is why she would have done this given that she and her husband are equals in the business. Della thinks there can only be one answer - another woman. Charles Pierce did have an affair with one of their models, Hope Sutherland, but that was now over. When Flavia is poisoned in their workshop, her dying words to her longtime friend Leona Durant are to the effect that Charles has poisoned her. Charles is arrested for murder and it's up to Perry to sort through the evidence and find the real killer.—garykmcd
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