Try Anything Once
1962 • 174 pages

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Carleton Allen, son-in-law of a millionaire tycoon and nervous of publicity, explains to Bertha Cool and Donald Lam that he's mixed up in a first-class scandal. He's spent the night with a blonde while his wife was away, and that same night at the motel a man was murdered. Donald doesn't believe the story, but the large retaining fee is too great a temptation to Bertha. So, once again, the intrepid partnership is off on a dangerous mission involving blackmail - and murder ...

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20 primary books21 released books

#23 in Cool and Lam

Cool and Lam is a 21-book series with 20 released primary works first released in 1939 with contributions by Erle Stanley Gardner and A.A. Fair.

#1
The Bigger They Come
#1.5
The Knife Slipped
#3
Gold Comes in Bricks
#4
Spill the Jackpot
#5
Double or Quits
#6
Owls Don't Blink
#7
Bats Fly at Dusk
#8
Cats Prowl at Night
#10
Crows Can't Count
#11
Fools Die on Friday
#12
Bedrooms Have Windows

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Another great Cool & Lam story. I love this series and have enjoyed immensely each of the books in the series I have read. A relaxing quick read. Highly recommended.

December 29, 2023