Top of the heap
"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 c…
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- Full title :Top of the heap / by Erle Stanley Gardner writing under the name 'A.A. Fair'.
Summary
"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!" --
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1952, renewed 1980
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1952, renewed 1980
Notes
"A Hard Case Crime novel"--Cover.
Reprint. Originally published: New York, NY : Dorchester Publishing Co. Inc., 2004 (HCC-003).
"Original cover art by Bill Nelson for Hard Case Crime"--Back cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:222 pages ; : 18 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780857683168, 0857683160
- oclc:ocn751061498
- LC Classification:PS3513.A6322
- Dewey Decimal:813.54
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