Turn on the Heat
Client
Dr. Claude Newberry
Case Narrative & Plot Summary
Bertha Cool is hired by a shadowy client who calls himself Smith to locate the long-lost wife of an aspiring city politician. Donald traces her to a small valley town where a corrupt municipal machine tries to run him out of town.
Donald Lam's Legal Gambit
Donald uses municipal utility billing records and tax assessor parcel numbers to uncover an official patronage kickback racket.
Bertha Cool Dictum
"You little runt, if you let us get sued for false arrest I will skin you with a dull potato peeler!"