1953 Cool & Lam (A. A. Fair)

Some Women Won't Wait

Client Linda Calhoun

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

Bertha and Donald travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, to protect a wealthy widow being blackmailed over letters written to an adventurer who met with a fatal fall from a cliff.

Donald Lam's Legal Gambit

Donald uses Hawaiian trade-wind weather barometrics and floral lei customs to disprove the suicide theory.

Bertha Cool Dictum
"Pineapples, hula skirts, and fifty dollars a day plus first-class travel expenses. Pack the bags!"