The knife slipped / by Erle Stanley Gardner writing under the name A.A. Fair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970, author.

Fair, A. A., 1889-1970, author.

Series:

Fair, A. A., 1889-1970. Donald Lam, Bertha Cool mystery

A hard case crime novel

Hard Case Crime book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lam, Donald (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Lam, Donald (Fictitious character).

Private investigators--Fiction.

Private investigators.

Genre:

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

238 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First Hard Case Crime edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Hard Case Crime, 2016.

Summary:

"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. Donald Lam has never been cooler--not even when played by Frank Sinatra on the U.S. Steel Hour of Mystery in 1946. Bertha Cool has never been tougher. And Erle Stanley Gardner has never been better."--Back cover.

Notes:

"The lost Cool & Lam mystery"--Cover.

"First publication anywhere!"--Cover.

Originally written in 1939.

ISBN:

9781783299270

1783299274

OCLC:

944933756

Publisher Number:

99971326631