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Famous for his Perry Mason series, Erle Stanley Gardner also wrote the entertaining Cool and Lam Private Investigation team series under the name A.A. Fair. I say PI team, but essentially most of the work is done by 'pint size' Private Detective Donald Lam, while the business side of the arrangement is taken care of in the rather larger shape of Bertha Cool. Bertha has a tendency to explosive outbursts at the unconventional way Lam operates and is always trying to improve the reputation and class of clientele of the agency, but although it's an arrangement that generally works surprisingly well, this familiar/repetitive operation is certainly put to the test in The Count of 9 . Bertha has landed a nice little engagement with a wealthy socialite and is making the most of the promotion and status such a commission will bring. Dean Crockett the Second has hired Cool and Lam to look over the guests invited to the party at his penthouse apartment to make sure nothing gets stole...