Erle Stanley Gardner 
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SHE PLAYED THE ODDS – AND LOST! When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi – and fast. Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency. But his client’s story doesn’t add up, and soon Lam’s uncovered a mining scam, an illegal casino, and a double homicide… And a chance for an enterprising private eye to make a small fortune – if he can just stay alive long enough to cash in on it! The Return of the Legendary, Long-out-of-print Cool & Lam Mystery series