The D.A. Breaks a Seal — Erle Stanley Gardner

Murder is one way to keep a secret safe!

THE WORST WAY TO DIE!

Lawyer Fred Roff sat down to breakfast in his hotel room, spread a clean white napkin and reached for the coffee cup. A minute later, his body slumped slowly to the floor. Fred Toff had been murdered by poison!

D.A. Doug Selby knew that Roff was mixed up in a $1,000,000 lawsuit. He knew plenty of people would kill for that kind of dough--vultures like Anita Eldon, a phony Hollywood blonde, or A.B. Carr, the slick mouthpiece.

But the person Selby wanted to meet most was a sultry brunette. She had been seen sneaking out of Roff's room. Then she had vanished completely. Who was she? Where was she running? What did she have to do with $1,000,000?