Years ago, Julia Branner's father-in-law sabotaged her marriage, forcing her to give up her baby daughter for adoption. Now her long-lost daughter has returned, to claim the family fortune. But Julia thinks the claimant is a fake, and intends to prove it, aided by a bishop whose credentials are, unfortunately, a little shady. When the questionable cleric disappears, and Julia's father-in-law is murdered, she must turn to Perry Mason to set the record straight.