1943 Cool & Lam (A. A. Fair)

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!"