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Gold Comes in Bricks (Donald Lam & Bertha Cool)
Gold Comes in Bricks - Donald Lam & Bertha Cool Author:A.A. Fair, Erle Stanley Gardner Donald Lam, the diminutive detective who works for Bertha Cool of B. Cool Investigations, is hired by Henry Ashbury to check up on his daughter's finances. She has been making some strange withdrawals of late and is concerned, particularly if word got out. The last thing Ashbury wants is a financial scandal. Ashbury also doesn't want his daughte... more »r to know that Lam is a detective, so he uses the front that Lam is a jujitsu expert who will be working as his trainer, a cover that is doomed from the start.
It doesn't take Lam long to find where the money's going, but in carrying out his investigation he uncovers blackmail, fraud, business scams and even a murder. There is no shortage of intrigue but Lam always seems to be one step ahead of everyone else, thanks in no small part to his previous experience as a lawyer.
Thanks to Lam's quick-witted observations and his sharp eye for detail the story zips along at breakneck speed. A feature of this story also comes from the barbs traded by Lam and Bertha as Lam is beginning to exert himself as an influential member of their partnership. It's fun watching just how Lam is going to turn every situation to his own advantage.« less