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Author: A. A. Fair
Year: 1952
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Mystery

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9780843953527
0843953527		 SHE PLAYED THE ODDS - AND LOST!

When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi - and fast. Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency. Donald tracks down the two women with whom his client claims to have spent the night and the client declares the case closed.

But it's not. Something about his client's story doesn't add up, and Donald can't resist the temptation to keep digging. Before he knows it, he's dug up connections to a mining scam, an illegal casino, and a double homicide - plus an opportunity for an enterprising private eye to make a small fortune, if he can just stay alive long enough to cash in on it!
This book is part of the "Cool and Lam" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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"Widows Wear Weeds"
First published in 1966
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"Cut Thin To Win"
First published in 1965
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"Shills Can't Cash Chips"
First published in 1961
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"Pass the Gravy"
First published in 1959
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"Beware the Curves"
First published in 1956
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"Bedrooms Have Windows"
First published in 1949
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"Crows Can't Count"
First published in 1946
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"Give 'Em The Ax"
First published in 1944
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"Cats Prowl at Night"
First published in 1943
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"Bats Fly at Dusk"
First published in 1942
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"Owls Don't Blink"
First published in 1942
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"Turn on the Heat"
First published in 1940
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"The Bigger They Come"
First published in 1938
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"Up for Grabs"
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"Kept Women Can't Quit"
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"The Knife Slipped"
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Crows Can't Count by A. A. Fair
Owls Don't Blink by A. A. Fair
Bats Fly at Dusk by A. A. Fair
Cats Prowl at Night by A. A. Fair
All Grass Isn't Green by A. A. Fair
The Bigger They Come by A. A. Fair
Pass the Gravy by A. A. Fair
Shills Can't Cash Chips by A. A. Fair
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Who Guards the Prince by Reginald Hill
The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown
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Always a Body to Trade by K. C. Constantine
Tragedy at Law by Cyril Hare
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
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