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To anyone who has followed his career, Ray Schindler was the
greatest detective of the mid-twentieth century. He was a pioneer
in scientific detection before modern forensic science, and he
handled more than 10,000 cases covering almost every crime recorded
on the police blotter. Rupert Hughes acts as a faithful Dr. Watson
to Schindler s Holmes, and guides us from case to case, watching a
man who can t be excited, can t be stampeded, and can t be
frightened; a man who matches ingenuity of crime with an even
greater mental resourcefulness; a man who has a dogged
determination and a big fighting heart. Ray Schindler s biography
is the story of a great investigator, of a life that is packed with
exciting adventures, and of criminals who are outwitted,
out-fought, and defeated. Mere fictional detective stories pale in
comparison to the real life drama inherent in every one of Ray
Schindler s cases."
From Perry Mason-creator Erle Stanley Gardner comes a lost classic
of detective fiction featuring private eyes Donald Lam (once played
by Frank Sinatra!) and Bertha Cool. Cool & Lam are back, in the
case Raymond Chandler called "about the best of the series since
the first two...perhaps since the very first." Hired to prevent a
poisoning that hasn't happened yet, Donald Lam tries playing mind
games with a prospective killer, only to wind up with two
poisonings to solve - and two dangerous femme fatales, not to
mention an adulterous dentist, a questionable real estate scheme,
and a scientific system for betting the horses that someone might
kill to keep secret...
A runaway witness leads a lawyer into a whodunit: "The only dull
pages in this book are the blank ones" (The New York Times).
Defense lawyer Perry Mason is surprised to receive two checks from
a stranger named Lola Allred. And when he speaks with Lola's
husband, he discovers the woman has run off with her daughter's
boyfriend-who happens to be an important witness in a lawsuit. Soon
Mason's caught up in a complicated case involving not only a
missing witness but forgery and murder as well . . . This mystery
is part of Edgar Award-winning author Erle Stanley Gardner's
classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three
hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO
show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON'T MISS THE NEW
HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE
STANLEY GARDNER'S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS
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. Has Donald Lam
gone to the dark side? From the world-famous creator of "Perry
Mason," Erle Stanley Gardner - at his death the best-selling
American writer of all time - comes another baffling case for the
Cool & Lam detective agency: SHILLS CAN'T CASH CHIPS. Return to
the 1960s as a simple insurance investigation into a car accident
puts Bertha Cool and Donald Lam on the trail of murder - and Donald
hip-deep in danger when he poses as an ex-con to infiltrate a
criminal gang. It's Gardner's twistiest caper ever, and a fitting
capper to Hard Case Crime's revival of this classic (and long
unavailable) detective series.
'For fans of classic hard-boiled whodunits, this is a time machine
back to an exuberant era of snappy patter, stakeouts, and
double-crosses' LA Times 'Kingpin among the mystery writers' New
York Times Muriell Gilman left her father at the breakfast table
while she cooked seconds of sausage and eggs. When she returned, he
had disappeared. She searched the house from cellar to attic. Then
she went out to the workshop . . . there, scattered on the floor,
were hundred-dollar bills, an overturned chair, and a spreading,
crimson stain. That's when she telephoned Perry Mason. Perry Mason
has so many questions: why did she call him? Why didn't she want
her step-sister to talk to him? And why was Gillman's wife being
blackmailed - by a female private investigator . . . ?
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 of millions of books in print, including
the 29 cases of the brash, irresistible detective team of Bertha
Cool and Donald Lam. Gardner was also one of the most ingenious
plot-spinners in the field, coming up with stunning twists and
reveals... and THE COUNT OF 9 is Gardner at his twistiest. Hired to
protect the treasures of a globe-trotting adventurer, Bertha and
Donald confront an impossible crime: how could anything be smuggled
out of a dinner party - least of all a 6-foot-long blowgun - when
the guests were X-rayed coming and going? But that's nothing
compared to the crime they face next: AN IMPOSSIBLE MURDER...
Following a money trail leads a PI into danger in this hard-boiled
mystery by the creator of Perry Mason and author of Turn on the
Heat. Brainy private detective Donald Lam is always one step ahead
of the bad guys--but he's also smaller than them and typically gets
beat up. That's why his boss, the ever-irascible Bertha Cool, has
hired a martial arts master to teach him self-defense. The first
class isn't easy for Donald, but he is rewarded with a new client .
. . Henry Ashbury is concerned about his daughter's recent spending
habits. He wants Donald to find out where her money is going,
without letting on that he's a detective. So, going undercover as
Ashbury's trainer, Donald soon learns the story behind the
daughter's finances. But when his investigation also turns up a
dead body, the diminutive detective must teach the killer a lesson
in justice . . . "Lively wit and machinegun dialogue." --Ralph E.
Vaughan, author of Murder in the Goblins' Playground "Gardner has a
way of moving the story forward that is almost a lost art: great
stretches of dialogue alternate with lively chunks of exposition,
and the two work together perfectly, without sacrificing momentum."
--Booklist
Dealing with debtors turns deadly for a prickly PI in this
hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason and author of
Bats Fly at Dusk. A hot-headed widow and a glass-jawed ex-lawyer,
Bertha Cool and Donald Lam seem like an unlikely duo of private
detectives. Even so, they've managed to solve the most difficult of
mysteries--when they're together. With Donald now on a European
vacation, Bertha is hesitant to accept any new business--but money
is money, and this new case seems routine enough . . . Bertha is
hired to get sales engineer Everett Belder out of a $20,000
problem. Unfortunately, his troubles soon multiply. His wife is
receiving poisoned-pen letters accusing him of infidelity. Then she
disappears. And there's also the matter of the body in his cellar.
With everything spiraling out of control, Bertha must determine who
is behind this deadly game of cat and mouse before another murder
comes into play. "No one has ever matched Gardner for swift, sure
exposition." --Kirkus Reviews "The best American writer, of course,
is Erle Stanley Gardner." --Evelyn Waugh
From the world-famous creator of "Perry Mason," Erle Stanley
Gardner - at his death the best-selling American writer of all time
- comes another baffling case for the Cool & Lam detective
agency: TURN ON THE HEAT. Return to the sizzling 1940s as Bertha
Cool and Donald Lam investigate a missing woman, a desperate
husband, a politician with a past, and a femme fatale with a
future...assuming she doesn't go to jail for murder! Featuring
brand new cover art that is a posthumous collaboration between
Laurel Blechman and the legendary Robert Maguire - the first new
Maguire cover in decades!
At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gardner was the best-selling
American author of the 20th century, and world famous as the
creator of crusading attorney Perry Mason. Gardner also created the
hardboiled detective team of Cool and Lam, stars of 29 novels
published between 1939 and 1970 -- and one that's never been
published until now.Lost for more than 75 years, THE KNIFE SLIPPED
was meant to be the second book in the series but shelved when
Gardner's publisher objected to (among other things) Bertha Cool's
tendency to "talk tough, swear, smoke cigarettes, and try to gyp
people." But this tale of adultery and corruption, of
double-crosses and triple identities -- however shocking for 1939
-- shines today as a glorious present from the past, a return to
the heyday of private eyes and shady dames, of powerful criminals,
crooked cops, blazing dialogue, and delicious plot twists.
This is a new release of the original 1950 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1959 edition.
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rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
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rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
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