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Name: The Knife Slipped

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner
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Mystery, Fiction, Crime

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ISBNs:
9781783299270
1783299274

THE LOST DETECTIVE NOVEL BY THE CREATOR OF PERRY MASON!

At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gardner was the best-selling American author of the 20th century, and world famous as the creator of crusading attorney Perry Mason. Gardner also created the hardboiled detective team of Cool and Lam, stars of 29 novels published between 1939 and 1970 - and one that's never been published until now.

Lost for more than 75 years, "The Knife Slipped" was meant to be the second book in the series but got shelved when Gardner's publisher objected to (among other things) Bertha Cool's tendency to "talk tough, swear, smoke cigarettes, and try to gyp people." But this tale of adultery and corruption, of double-crosses and triple identities - however shocking for 1939 - shines today as a glorious present from the past, a return to the heyday of private eyes and shady dames, of powerful criminals, crooked cops, blazing dialogue, and delicious plot twists.

Donald Lam has never been cooler - not even when played by Frank Sinatra on the U.S. Steel Hour of Mystery in 1946. Bertha Cool has never been tougher. And Erle Stanley Gardner has never been better.

This book is part of the "Cool and Lam" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"All Grass Isn't Green"
First published in 1970
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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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"Top of the Heap"
First published in 1952
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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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