1958 Cool & Lam (A. A. Fair)

The Count of Nine

Client Blowers Lang

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

An explorer who returned from the Amazon jungle has rare poisoned blowgun darts stolen from his trophy room, which are soon used in an impossible murder.

Donald Lam's Legal Gambit

Donald demonstrates the pharmacological curare blood-absorption speed and uses air-conditioning airflow mechanics to show how the dart was fired.

Bertha Cool Dictum
"Curare darts! If anybody sticks a poisoned needle into Bertha Cool, I will bite their ears off!"