1942 Cool & Lam (A. A. Fair)

Bats Fly at Dusk

Client A Blind Beggar

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

A blind man with a seeing-eye dog is struck by a hit-and-run driver in downtown Los Angeles. A dropped briefcase leads Donald to a suburban mansion where bats swarm an attic window above a corpse.

Donald Lam's Legal Gambit

Donald uses auditory sonar echolocation principles and blind canes to reconstruct the geometry of the room.

Bertha Cool Dictum
"I am running a detective agency, Donald, not a charitable home for street beggars!"