1967 Cool & Lam (A. A. Fair)

Traps Need Fresh Bait

Client Althea Farr

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

Donald Lam answers an employment classified ad that is an obvious trap to frame a private investigator for burglary, turning the tables on the conspirators.

Donald Lam's Legal Gambit

Donald uses a hidden tape recorder and jurisdictional police venue lines to catch the district attorney investigators red-handed.

Bertha Cool Dictum
"If they set a trap for us, Donald, make sure you eat the cheese and leave them with the spring on their fingers!"