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Top of the Heap (Hard Case Crime) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Erle Stanley Gardner (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 222 pages
  • Publisher: Hard Crime Case; Reprint edition (31 Oct 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0843953527
  • ISBN-13: 978-0843953527
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 594,763 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Stew Me For a Clam!, 20 Oct 2007
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Private detective, Donald Lam, finds it all too easy to take apart a potential murderer's alibi, but is there more to his story than meets the eye? This novel by Earle Stanley Gardner was first published in 1952 with the author using the name A.A. Fair. The B. Cool Confidential Investigations Agency is owned by the redoubtable Bertha Cool, a larger-than-life character with a large stock of phrases to express surprise ("Stew me for a clam!") and a peculiar habit of referring to herself in the third person. She's comedy gold and sadly underused in this story.

While Bertha doesn't mind employing underhand methods to get results, and thereby more lovely cash, Donald Lam has a more systematic, low-key approach. He's a clever and resourceful man and always one step ahead of the baddies.

There are several Cool and Lam stories, but this is the only one that I've read. For me, `Top of the Heap' suffers from a plot that sprawls into unnecessary complexity; I kept getting the feeling that some elements were added to pad the story out. This was somewhat surprising because there are a few examples of exposition being gleaned by Lam by way of newspaper and radio news stories. I feel it may have been better for the author to have woven these elements into the story at the expense of the padding.

However, despite these flaws, it's not a bad read. In fact, I'd like to read more from the Cool and Lam series. Perhaps Hard Case Crime will oblige.
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