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From Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner - during his life, the best-selling American author of all time - comes a lost classic of detective fiction featuring private eyes Donald Lam (once played by Frank Sinatra. ) and Bertha Cool. "What I can say is that for those who like their crime fiction to be high-octane, this novel is a stunner. " The Daily Mail. HBO series Perry Mason. , based on characters from Erle Stanley Gardner's novels, airs June 2020 starring Matthew Rhys in the titular role. HAS DONALD LAM GONE OVER TO THE DARK SIDE. From the world-famous creator of PERRY MASON. , Erle Stanley Gardner - at his death the best-selling American writer of all time - comes another baffling case for the Cool & Lam detective agency. Return to the 1960s as a simple insurance investigation into a car accident puts Bertha Cool and Donald Lam on the trail of murder - and Donald hip-deep in danger when he poses as an ex-con to infiltrate a criminal gang. It's Gardner's twistiest caper ever, and a fitting conclusion to Hard Case Crime's revival of this classic (and long unavailable) detective series.