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A.A. Fair
Full Series List in Order
Bertha Cool and Donald Lam
1 - The Bigger They Come (1939)2 - Turn On The Heat (Jan-1940)
3 - Gold Comes In Bricks (May-1986)
4 - Spill the Jackpot (Feb-2006)
5 - Double or Quits (1941)
6 - Owls Don't Blink (Oct-1985)
7 - Bats Fly at Dusk (1942)
8 - Cats Prowl at Night (1943)
9 - Give'em the Ax (Jan-2000)
10 - Crows Can't Count (1946)
11 - Fools Die on Friday (Apr-2004)
12 - Bedrooms Have Windows (1949)
13 - Top of the Heap (Jun-2003)
14 - Some Women Won't Wait (Mar-2003)
15 - Beware the Curves (1956)
16 - You Can Die Laughing (Mar-1990)
17 - Some Slips Don't Show (Jun-1992)
18 - The Count of Nine (Jul-1999)
19 - Pass the Gravy (Jun-2006)
20 - Kept Women Can't Quit (Mar-1994)
21 - Bachelors Get Lonely (Oct-1992)
22 - Shills Can't Cash Chips (Jan-2006)
23 - Try Anything Once (Mar-1986)
24 - Fish or Cut Bait (Aug-1990)
25 - Up for Grabs (Oct-1997)
26 - Cut Thin to Win (1965)
27 - Widows Wear Weeds (Jun-2001)
28 - Traps Need Fresh Bait (Jan-1993)
29 - All Grass Isn't Green (Dec-1989)
Book List in Order: 29 titles
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The Bigger They Come
- 1939
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"I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR TROUBLE," Bertha Cool said to Donald Lam. "You were disbarred for violating professional ethics." "I wasn't disbarred," Donald answered, "and I didn't violate professional ethics. I just talked too much." "About what?" ...
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Turn On The Heat
- Jan-1940
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Nothing Burns Hotter Than an Old Flame... COOL AND LAM RETURN--IN THE CASE OF A LIFETIME Erle Stanley Gardner was not just the creator of Perry Mason--at the time of his death, he was the best-selling American author of all time, with hundreds ...
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Double or Quits
- 1941
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The search for stolen jewels and a missing woman yields deadly trouble for an LA detective duo in this hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason. Side by side, Bertha Cool and Donald Lam make quite the odd couple of private investigato...
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Bats Fly at Dusk
- 1942
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A hot-headed PI’s missing person case leads to murder in this mystery by the creator of Perry Mason and author of Owls Don’t Blink. Bertha Cool and Donald Lam make for an unlikely pair of private detectives. She’s a fifty-something-year-...
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Cats Prowl at Night
- 1943
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PERSONAL PRIVATE CONFIDENTIAL These are the ominous words on the mysterious letters Mrs. Everett Belder received from an unknown source. Haunting letters that posed startling questions. Letters like the one that began: "Dear Mrs. Belder: ...
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Crows Can't Count
- 1946
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EMERALDS ARE FOR EVILShirley was sultry, sexy, smashing -- a sweet young thing to make a sugar daddy’s mouth water. This luscious lass loved pretty baubles, so no wonder men showered her with jewels. But when a deluge of emeralds turned into a reig...
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Bedrooms Have Windows
- 1949
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It started as a routine tail--shadowing an oily hustler who'd been courting a well-heeled matron. But the assignment soon led Donald Lam to a sleazy hotel room with a sexy barfly. And now she's left him high and dry with a pair of corpses dumped in...
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Owls Don't Blink
- Oct-1985
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DYNAMITE DOUBLES FOR DEATH Roberta Fenn was a spectacular chick, and twice the woman a lot of men thought she was. The same was true of Edna Cutler. In fact, the girls had so much in common they sometimes switched names. Finding one of them w...
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Gold Comes In Bricks
- May-1986
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MIDAS GONE MAD There was the mining company that claimed to own a mother lode of gold, but whose principal activity was manufacturing death. There was the golden-haired beauty who would do anything for a price, and what she had to sell could be m...
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All Grass Isn't Green
- Dec-1989
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ALL THAT GLITTERS ISN'T GOLD. A rich man sends Donald Lam looking for a man--when he really wants to find a woman. A minor missing persons case turns out to be a major one. And a pleasure boat on pontoons serves as a smuggler's ship on wheels. ...
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Some Slips Don't Show
- Jun-1992
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THE BODY WAS FULLY CLOTHED It hadn't done much bleeding. There was a red spot over the chest, and the face had the unmistakable color of death. But there was no sign of a struggle. Donald picked up the leather key container and slipped it int...
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Give'em the Ax
- Jan-2000
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The Rimley Rendezvous was the kind of back-street bistro where a tired businessman could drop in for a pick-up, no questions asked. Deep carpets and subdued lights gave the place an air of clandestine class. And solicitous waiters catered to the ...
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Widows Wear Weeds
- Jun-2001
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DIRTY BUSINESS Blackmail was a dirty business and Donald Lam liked to stay clear of it. But for his partner, Bertha Cool, no business was too dirty to handle at the right price. And the price for this job was certainly right. What was wrong, th...
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Top of the Heap
- Jun-2003
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From Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner - during his life, the best-selling American author of all time - comes a lost classic of detective fiction featuring private eyes Donald Lam (once played by Frank Sinatra!) and Bertha Cool.SHE PLAYED THE...
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Spill the Jackpot
- Feb-2006
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The diminutive detective and his bulldog of a boss head to Las Vegas to find a runaway bride in this hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason. Donald Lam and Bertha Cool make for a couple of unlikely detectives. Donald is a charming e...
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