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Bats fly at dusk Bats fly at dusk Erle Stanley Gardner Cool & Lam Mystery #7 (1942) Donald is temporarily on the lam from Cool & Lam, having joined the Navy to fight a world war, but it's Bertha who's all at sea, regularly blowing her cool, chasing el… OL11920809W
Cats prowl at night Cats prowl at night Erle Stanley Gardner **Cool & Lam Mystery #8** (1943) Donald Lam is off "whooping it up in Europe" when Everett G. Belder approaches Bertha Cool for help getting out of a financial jam. Simple. Straightforward. But n… OL15096899W
Shills can't cash chips Shills can't cash chips Erle Stanley Gardner Money in the bank has always been a persuasive factor in Bertha Cool’s life – and Lamont Hawley represented a lot of it. He also represented an insurance company that smelled a rat about a traffic a… OL15096907W
Spill the jackpot! Spill the jackpot! Erle Stanley Gardner **Cool & Lam Mystery #4** (1941) When secretary Corla Burke mysteriously vanishes from her place of employment, her fiancé's father, Arthur, Whitewell, hires Bertha Cool and Donald Lam to investig… OL15096909W
Top of the heap Top of the heap Erle Stanley Gardner **Cool & Lam Mystery #13** (1952) John Carver Billings II has a story with more holes in it than the surgeons had to sew up in the torso of recuperating LA Mob boss Gabby Garvanza. On the other ha… OL15096910W
Turn on the heat Turn on the heat Erle Stanley Gardner **Cool & Lam Mystery #2** (1940) The lettering on the door says "Bertha Cool--Confidential Investigations." Bertha's latest client, who insists on being called "Mr. Smith," is all about the confid… OL15096913W
Gypsy days on the Delta Gypsy days on the Delta Erle Stanley Gardner Carefree adventures cruising the inland waterways of the Sacramento Delta. OL15220123W
Shills can't cash chips Shills can't cash chips Erle Stanley Gardner Two unrelated Cool & Lam cases bound together in one book, in reverse chronological order. **Cool & Lam Mystery #22** -- Shills Can't Cash Chips (1961) Vivian Deshler is claiming whiplash afte… OL16029379W
Perry Mason Perry Mason Erle Stanley Gardner Contains two books of Perry Mason novels. OL16664W
The case of the smoking chimney The case of the smoking chimney Erle Stanley Gardner A crafty businessman arrives incognito in a small town, where he takes up residence at a cabin. Using another name he starts buying up property. When he is found dead in his mountain cabin there is n… OL16673W
The case of the ice-cold hands The case of the ice-cold hands Erle Stanley Gardner Supposed You had Embezzeld Some Money - and bet it on the nose on a long shot, at fifty to one. And the horse came in first. With your winnings you could easily replace the money you had embezzled … OL16697W
The case of the lonely heiress The case of the lonely heiress Erle Stanley Gardner A suspicious personal ad conceals nefarious intent--and eventually lands in the lap of Perry Mason. It appears that Marilyn Marlow inherited a small fortune from her mother, who got the sum from her … OL16698W
The case of the runaway corpse The case of the runaway corpse Erle Stanley Gardner The two women in Perry Mason’s office were a cat-and-mouse combination. And at first glance it seemed that little Mrs. Davenport was the mouse. But her husband said she was trying to kill him…that sh… OL16703W
The case of the stepdaughter's secret The case of the stepdaughter's secret Erle Stanley Gardner Blackmail leads to murder on a yacht and a cash-filled purse on the bottom of the ocean weighted down with a gun. OL16705W
The case of the substitute face The case of the substitute face Erle Stanley Gardner Beautiful, willful Celinda Dale was decidedly not resigned when Roy Hungerford, wealthy scion of the prominent California family, deserted her for a shipboard romance with Belle Newberry. Perry Mason… OL16706W
The case of the grinning gorilla The case of the grinning gorilla Erle Stanley Gardner El caso comienza cuando Mason llega a su oficina con una caja que ha adquirido en una subasta. Cuando Della, su secretaria, le pregunta qué hay en ella, él le dice que no lo sabe, y al abrirla descub… OL16719W
The case of the singing skirt The case of the singing skirt Erle Stanley Gardner ix, 313 p. (large print) ; 22 cm OL16726W
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom Erle Stanley Gardner Paul Drake's voice came over the wire so fast that the words seemed to telescope into each other. "Get this Perry, and get it fast," he said. "We're sitting on a keg of dynamite. My man found … OL16735W
The case of the stuttering bishop The case of the stuttering bishop Erle Stanley Gardner From the University of Buffalo's Special Collections webpage: "Bishop William Mallory of Sydney, Australia consults with Perry Mason about the statute of limitations in a manslaughter case that took … OL16740W
The Case of the Empty Tin The Case of the Empty Tin Erle Stanley Gardner You do not expect to find an empty closed tin between your tins of preserves. But that is what Mrs. Gentrie finds in her basement - and even though she tries to dismiss it, it seems to be important f… OL16743W
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