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Bigger They Come : A Cool and Lam Mystery by Erle Stanley Gardner (2022, Trade Paperback)

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The only problem is that nobody-not even the police-can find him. Author Erle Stanley Gardner, Otto Penzler. Format Paperback.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenzler Publishers

ISBN-101613163568

ISBN-139781613163566

eBay Product ID (ePID)9057265426

Product Key Features

Book TitleBigger They Come : a Cool and Lam Mystery

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators

Publication Year2022

GenreFiction

AuthorErle Stanley Gardner

Book SeriesAn American Mystery Classic Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9.2 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-906674

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThe reader will scarcely learn to admire any of the characters in this story, but he will have to admit that they lead exciting lives--New York Times As talented a pair of workers as detective fiction has produced for some time.--Detroit News Breathlessly dramatic . . . An original--Los Angeles Times A tough, outspoken tale in the Hammett manner, but with copious excellencies peculiarly its own.--S. S. Van Dine, The reader will scarcely learn to admire any of the characters in this story, but he will have to admit that they lead exciting lives

Series Volume Number0

Dewey Decimal813.52

SynopsisBertha Cool is the gruff, tough-talking, corpulent head of her private detective agency, opened after the death of her husband; Donald Lam is her meek, slight, and nervy new hire, who makes up for a lack of boldness with brilliant deductive work. The duo couldn't be any more dissimilar but, with their skills combined, they are an unstoppable force when it comes to solving crimes, as evidenced by their over two dozen successes in the long-running series penned by Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner. In this, their first outing, Donald Lam is tasked with delivering divorce papers to a man who reportedly made a fortune in rigged slot machines. The only problem is that nobody--not even the police--can find him. Before long, Lam's seemingly-simple assignment finds him caught up in a web of money, mysterious safety deposit boxes, and a gang of toughs every bit as desperate as he is to find the runaway husband. Reissued for the first time in decades, and originally published under the A.A. Fair pen name, The Bigger They Come is an enjoyable private eye novel replete with puzzling scenarios and a humorous tone. As fast and twisty as anything Gardner ever wrote, the novel (and the series it spawned) is more Paul Drake than Perry Mason, but it is sure to please any fan of the Golden Age whodunnit. Includes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs., A private detective searches for a missing person in this "breathlessly dramatic" (Los Angeles Times) whodunnit from the creator of Perry Mason

LC Classification NumberPS3513.A6322