1944 Cool & Lam (A. A. Fair)

Give 'Em the Ax

Client Frank Sellers

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

A street accident involves a motorist who tries to pay off a damaged fender with crisp hundred-dollar bills. A bloody hand ax found in a sedan trunk pulls Bertha into a double-cross.

Donald Lam's Legal Gambit

Donald provides coded legal strategy via wartime letters to guide Bertha through police interrogations.

Bertha Cool Dictum
"They think Bertha Cool is soft because she weighs two hundred pounds. Wait till they try to take my fee!"