The Knife Slipped

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THE LOST DETECTIVE NOVELBY THE CREATOR OF PERRY MASON At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gardner was the best selling American author of the 20th century, and world famous as the creator of crusading attorney Perry Mason Gardner also created the hardboiled detective team of Cool and Lam, stars of 29 novels published between 1939 and 1970 and one that s never been published until now.Lost for than 75 years, THE KNIFE SLIPPED was meant to be the second book in the series but got shelved when Gardner s publisher objected to among other things Bertha Cool s tendency to talk tough, swear, smoke cigarettes, and try to gyp people But this tale of adultery and corruption, of double crosses and triple identities however shocking for 1939 shines today as a glorious present from the past, a return to the heyday of private eyes and shady dames, of powerful criminals, crooked cops, blazing dialogue, and delicious plot twists.Donald Lam has never been cooler not even when played by Frank Sinatra on the U.S Steel Hour of Mystery in 1946 Bertha Cool has never been tougher And Erle Stanley Gardner has never been better First publication ever Erle Stanley Gardner is one of the most popular American authors of all time, with over 100 million books sold Brand new cover painting by Robert McGinnis of modern day pin up icon Dita von Teese Brand new afterword by former Ellery Queen editor Russell Atwood about Gardner, Cool Lam, and THE KNIFE SLIPPED New Read [ The Knife Slipped ] by [ Erle Stanley Gardner ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This is the second novel in the Donald Lam Bertha Cool series, which was written by A.A Fair, a pseudonym for Erle Stanley Gardner, who is much better known, of course, for his series featuring the lawyer, Perry Mason Or, at least it was intended to be the second novel in the series When Gardner turned the book into his publisher, they refused it, arguing that the book s approach to adultery and sex exceeded the limits of good taste In the book, Bertha insists that virtually every man chea This is the second novel in the Donald Lam Bertha Cool series, which was written by A.A Fair, a pseudonym for Erle Stanley Gardner, who is much better known, of course, for his series featuring the lawyer, Perry Mason Or, at least it was intended to be the second novel in the series When Gardner turned the book into his publisher, they refused it, arguing that the book s approach to adultery and sex exceeded the limits of good taste In the book, Bertha insists that virtually every man cheats on his wife that it s the nature of the beast and that an intelligent wife will simply accommodate herself to the fact and not get bent out of shape about it But it s probably not an idea that a large number of people would have endorsed in that day and age.Then there s the sex At one point, Donald escorts a shapely young blonde home in th...Great little mystery Great dialogue Great voice Great characters Just darn great Sad to think this book was suppressed for 75 years because of a too prudish publisher It s so tame by today s standards that...Stephen King, Robert A Heinlein, Zane Grey and Erle Stanley Gardner are the top four authors on my DO NOT EVER F With List There are some others, but these are the four major authors that I suggest people read when they are contemplating writing their own novel.And YET there is always some moron of an editor that wants to come along and ruin an author s hard work by saying something stupid like Well, The Stand is too long and nobody wants to read that much Stephen King Or Mr Grey Stephen King, Robert A Heinlein, Zane Grey and Erle Stanley Gardner are the top four authors on my DO NOT EVER F With List There are some others, but these are the four major authors that I suggest people read when they are contemplating writing their own novel.And YET there is always some moron of an editor that wants to come along and ruin an author s hard work by saying something stupid like Well, The Stand is too long and nobody wants to read that...Hard Case Crime has once again unearthed another lost vintage mystery treasure and it s a doozy By 1939, wildly prolific mystery novelist Erle Stanley Gardner had published 15 Perry Mason novels in seven years He started a new series under the pseudonym A.A Fair, featuring the quarreling and sardonic detective team of Bertha Cool immense, penny pinching and foul mouthed and Donald Lam smaller, brainy and prone to getting beat up Gardner s publisher thought his proposed second book in th Hard Case Crime has once again unearthed another lost vintage mystery treasure and it s a doozy By 1939, wildly prolific mystery novelist Erle Stanley Gardner had published 15 Perry Mason novels in seven years He started a new series under the pseudonym A.A Fair, featuring the quarreling and sardonic detective team of Bertha Cool immen...In a very short statement on a prior Erle Stanley Gardner A.A Fair novel I stated that I was not a fan of the writer and that this statement made me a minority in pulp novel fans This novel has made me want to take another long look at Gardner s works This lost work is excellent It is clearly not a run of the mill pulp It was intended to be the second of the Bertha Cool Donald Lamb series but for whatever reason Gardner s publisher rejected it Glad that Hard Case Crime resurrected i In a very short statement on a prior Erle Stanley Gardner A.A Fair novel I stated that I was not a fan of the writer and that this statement made me a minority in pulp novel fans This novel has made me want to take another long look at Gardner s works This lost work is excellent It is clearly not a run of the mill pulp It was intended to be the second of the Bertha C...I LOVED this Donald Lam and Bertha Cool kept my interest throughout and I low key want to BE Bertha Cool, who is exactly the type of woman you d picture with a name like that A big mountain of a female, as cool as a cucumber and tough as steel I ll b...Recommended Entertaining Quick read Really liked the character of Bertha Cool I m craving a big slice of vanilla cake with lots of frosting now And hotcakes with five pats of butter, and syrup And coffee with cream not that watered down half and half, but thick, yellow, whippin...This is the first I ve read from Gardner, and it s a good one It sof a straight up detective mystery than a noir, and it doesn t attempt the reach the depth or weight you find in the best crime and noir novels, but it is entertaining Bertha Cool is the unapologetically unorthodox head of the B Cool detective agency Donald Lam, the runt, is her new, wet behind the ears junior detective He s got plenty of brains andthan enough street smarts to do his job, but he has a weakness f This is the first I...The Knife Slipped is a terrific piece of pulp detective fiction Erle Stanley Gardner is best known as the creator attorney Perry Mason, whose exploits filled eighty novels and graced radio and television for decades Gardner is not as well known for the other series he authored, the Cool and Lam mysteries There are thirty novels in this series, published between 1939 and 1970 with The Knife Slipped, having been written in 1939 as the seco...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here So, I ve read all the Bertha Cool Donald Lam books I read them man, probably around 2004 I d forgotten how much I enjoyed them, although I ve definitely been fond of them This is the lost second book in the series, which, as the post text note says, was ultimately replaced with another story.Bertha and Donald, despite the notation above, are not a couple Bertha Cool is the head of the B Cool agency she s a big lady well upholstered, I remember seeing in one novel , who likes to wear So, I ve read all the Bertha Cool Donald Lam books I read them man, probably around 2004 I d forgotten how much I enjoyed them, although I ve definitely been fond of the...

The Knife Slipped
  • English
  • 01 August 2017
  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • 1783299274
  • Erle Stanley Gardner
  • The Knife Slipped