Cats Prowl at Night
Client
Cedric L. Hurston
Case Narrative & Plot Summary
With Donald Lam away serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Bertha Cool must personally handle a delicate blackmail case involving an eccentric inventor and a midnight intruder in a storm.
Donald Lam's Legal Gambit
Bertha relies on pure street instinct, blunt intimidation, and lock-picking tricks Donald left in the office files.
Bertha Cool Dictum
"Donald is off fighting the Japanese, so Bertha has to do the heavy thinking. God help everybody!"