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Books by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of The:
Velvet Claws, 1933
Sulky Girl, 1933
Lucky Legs, 1934
Howling Dog, 1934
Curious Bride, 1934
Counterfeit Eye, 1935
Caretaker's Cat, 1935
Sleepwalker's Niece, 1936
Stuttering Bishop, 1936
Dangerous Dowager, 1937
Lame Canary, 1937
Substitute Face, 1938
Shoplifter's Shoe, 1938
Perjure Parrot, 1939
Rolling Bones, 1939
Baited Hook, 1940
Silent Partner, 1940
Haunted Husband, 1941
Empty Tin, 1941
Drowning Duck, 1942
Careless Kitten, 1942
Buried Clock, 1943
Drowsy Mosquito, 1943
Crooked Candle, 1944
Black-eyed Blonde, 1944
Golddigger's Purse, 1945
Half-Wakened Wife, 1945
Borrowed Brunette, 1946
Fan-Dancer's Horse, 1947
Lazy Lover, 1947
Lonely Heiress, 1948
Vagabond Virgin, 1948
Dubious Bridegroom, 1949
Cautious Coquette, 1949
Negligent Nymph, 1950
One-Eyed Witness, 1951
Fiery Fingers, 1951
Angry Mourner, 1951
Moth-Eaten Mink, 1952
Grinning Gorilla, 1952
Crying Swallow, 1947
Hesitant Hostess, 1953
Green-Eyed Sister, 1953
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Fugitive Nurse, 1954
Runaway Corpse, 1954
Restless Redhead,1954
Glamorous Ghost, 1955
Sunbather's Diary, 1955
Nervous Accomplice, 1955
Terrified Typist, 1956
Demure Defendant, 1956
Gilded Lily, 1956
Lucky Loser, 1957
Screaming Woman, 1957
Daring Decoy, 1957
Long-legged Models, 1958
Foot-loose Doll, 1958
Calendar Girl, 1958
Deadly Toy, 1959
Mythical Monkeys, 1959
Singing Skirt, 1959
Waylaid Wolf, 1960
Duplicate Daughter, 1960
Shapely Shadow, 1960
Spurious Spinster,
Bigamous Spouse, 1961
Reluctant Model, 1962
Blonde Bonanza, 1962
Ice-Cold Hands, 1962
Mischievous Doll, 1963
Stepdaughter's Secret, 1963
Amorous Aunt, 1963
Daring Divorcee, 1964
Phantom Fortune, 1964
Horrified Heirs, 1964
Troubled Trustee, 1965
Beautiful Beggar, 1965
Worried Waitress, 1966
Queenly Contestant,1967
Careless Cupid, 1968
Fabulous Fake, 1969
Crimson Kiss, 1970
Irate Witness, 1972
Fenced-In Woman, 1972
Postponed Murder, 1973
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Erle Stanley Gardner
Other Novels:
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The D.A. Series
The Clue of the Forgotten Murder, 1935
This is Murder, 1935
Murder up my Sleeve, 1938
The Case of the Turning Tide, 1941
The Case of the Smoking Chimney, 1943
The Case of the Backward Mule, 1946
Two Clues: The Clue of the Runaway Blonde and The Case of the Hungry Horse, 1947
The Case of the Musical Cow, 1950
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The DA Calls it Murder, 1937
The DA Holds a Candle, 1938
The DA Draws a Circle, 1939
The DA Goes to Trial, 1940
The DA Cooks a Goose, 1942
The DA Calls a Turn, 1944
The DA Breaks A Seal, 1946
The DA Takes A Chance, 1948
The DA Breaks an Egg, 1949
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Cool and Lam Series:
The Bigger They Come, 1939
Turn on the Heat, 1940
Gold Comes in Bricks, 1940
Spill the Jackpot!, 1941
Double or Quits, 1941
Owls Don't Blink, 1942
Bats Fly at Dusk, 1942
Cats Prowl at Night, 1943
Give 'Em the Ax, 1944
Crows Can't Count, 1946
Fools Die on Friday, 1947
Bedrooms Have Windows, 1949
Top of the Heap, 1952
Some Women Won't Wait, 1953
Beware the Curves, 1956
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You Can Die Laughing, 1957
Some Slips Don't Show, 1957
The Count of Nine, 1958
Pass the Gravy, 1959
Kept Women Can't Quit, 1960
Bachelors Get Lonely, 1961
Shills Can't Cash Chips, 1961
Try Anything Once, 1962
Fish or Cut Bait, 1963
Up For Grabs, 1964
Cut Thin to Win, 1965
Widows Wear Weeds, 1966
Traps Need Fresh Bait, 1967
All Grass Isn't Green, 1970
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Gardner Non-Fiction:
The Land of Shorter Shadows, 1948
The Court of Last Resort, 1952
Neighborhood Frontiers, 1954
Hunting the Desert Whale, 1960
Hovering over Baja, 1961
The Hidden Heart of Baja, 1962
The Desert is Yours, 1963
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The World of Water, 1964
Hunting Lost Mines by Helicopter, 1965
Off the Beaten Track in Baja, 1967
Gypsy Days on the Delta, 1967
Mexico's Magic Square, 1968
Host with the Big Hat, 1969
Cops on Campus and Crime in the Streets, 1970
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Double or Quits
It's a case of "Double Identity"
Now it can be told that Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of the world-famous Perry Mason, and A.A. Fair, creator of the top team of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam - are one and the same!
Sixty Million Readers Can't Be Wrong!
They've found the same exciting brand of mystery and action in every Gardner and Fair story.
DOUBLE OR QUITS is no exception. The case looks so innocent that Bertha goes fishing, but she heads back in a hurry when Donald comes up with a couple of corpses and a confidence game --- and then he himself becomes the fish that almost doesn't get away. It's Lam and Cool at their finest.
He picked up the phone...
"This is Donald Lam...
I've poisoned Mrs. Devarest...
I've poisoned Dr. Gelderfield's Father...
I've poisoned --- poisoned..."
And then he passed out.
The little detective was on the spot. He ws already suspected of one murder. And now he was forced to confess to two more. It was that kind of case...
It began quietly, with a hunt for a missing secretary and some stolen jewels...It got complicated fast, with blackmail, the old confidence game --- and murder...It got more interesting, with a rich divorcee and a lonely widow...And it reached a climax when Donald took a long drink from a bottle poisoned Scotch...
Donald Lam thinks fast and acts faster, because it's
DOUBLE OR QUITS
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The Case of the Grinning Gorilla
"And so you paid five dollars for that package and you don't even know what's in it?" Della Street said in exasperation. "Why?"
"Well," Perry Mason answered, "the public administrator was holding an auction and no one bid on this package. So I started the bidding with five dollars, and the next thing I knew I ws stuck with it. It's marked: 'Private personal belongings, matter of Estate of Helen Cadmus.'"
"Wasn't she the girl who committed suicide by jumping from some millionaire's yacht?"
She was Benjamin Addick"s private secretary. The assumtion was that she jumped overboard. But as I remember it the body was never found."
The phone ran. Della Street listened for a moment and then said: "The Inquirer has heard about you buying the Cadmus diaries. They want to send a photographer and a reporter and do a human interest story."
"Tell them to come on up," Mason said. "I'll pose."
That should have been an end to it, but when Benjamin Addicks offered one thousand dollars for the five dollar package, Perry Mason really got interested. And then began perhaps the most bizarre case in his career which ended only when he was trapped by three killers -- two human and one a crazed and grinning gorilla!
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Crows Can't Count
EMERALDS ARE FOR EVIL
Shirley was sultry, sexy, smashing --- a sweet young thing to make a sugar daddy's mouth water. This luscious lass loved pretty baubles, so no wonder men showered her with jewels. But when a deluge of emeralds turned into a reign of terror, Shirley needed someone to bail her out.
That brought Bertha Cool and Donald Lam into the act, as the indomitable detective duo discovered that emeralds could be a girl's worst enemy when they carried a price tag of murder....
ERLE STANLEY GARDNER
under his own name, produced the immortal Perry Mason. Writing as A.A. Fair, Gardner created the matchless team of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Erle Stanley Gardner's books have sold over 150 million copies.
PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE
Sitting next to Shirley Bruce on her low-slung couch in the dimly lit living room, Donald Lam could understand why so many men had done so very many nice things for this girl.
Shirley took his hand in hers, and began playing with it. "They say you are very capable," she said.
"I'm glad you trust me," said Donald.
"I'd trust you for anything. I don't do things halfway. I'm a not a halfway girl."
Lam could believe her, but there was just one small hitch. The men that Shirley gave her all to, usually wound up all the way dead.....
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The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
"What's your price?"
Martha Lavina asked Perry Mason, crossing her knees and adjusting her skirt. "I haven't any." "All right, I'll put it this way. What's your client's price?"
"I don't think he has any."
"Don't be silly, Mr. Mason. There's a price for everything in the world. Now, what do you want?"
"An acquittal."
"Mr. Mason," she said, "let's not mince matters. When you get me back on the stand Monday morning, I'll crucify your client."
"So what do you suggest?" Mason asked.
Martha Lavina looked at him steadily. There was curiosity and a certain amount of admiration in them. There was no fear.
"Come back," she told him. "Any time."
PERRY MASON WAS LOSING!
The evidence against his client was pat and plentiful -- too pat and plentiful. But the witness, Mrs. Martha Lavina, was clever. She avoided every trap and her answers were convincing the jury that his client was guilty.
Mason believed Mrs. Lavina was lying and that he could prove it by bringing in a surprise witness, Inez Kaylor. Paul Drake supposedly had Inez stashed away in the law library of the courthouse.
Just before the session ended, Mason signaled Drake to bring in the witness. Drake slowly shook his head. Inez Kaylor had disappeared.
PERRY MASON
had been double-crossed!
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"A Complete Listing - Erle Stanley Gardner"
Last Updated: December 2006
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