The Case of The Mischievous Doll and Shills Can't Cash Chips

The Case of The Mischievous Doll
Shills Can't Cash Chips
Erle Stanley Gardner
A. A. Fair
Roslyn, New York: Walter J. Black
Copyright 1963
Detective Book Club
157/172 pages

The binding is weakening and in acceptable condition. The pages are clean but lightly tanned and mildly foxed. The tan cover has a stain on the bottom and a small amount of edge wear. The jacket is edge worn and rubbed and has some small stains. Acceptable in fair dust-jacket. Hardcover.

The Case of the Mischievous Doll - Perry Mason's madcap client, Minerva Minden, is on trial for the murder of pretty Dorrie Ambler, presumed dead! But Perry is convinced Dorrie is still alive, and brings a fingerprint kit to the courtroom to prove the witness on the stand is Dorrie! The DA jumps up excitedly and accuses Perry of switching prints to deceive the jury! The judge, warning Perry he faces disbarment, orders him to explain immediately. The room is charged with tension as Perry says: "Your Honor, I have no explanation!"

Shills Can't Cash Chips - Money in the bank has always been a persuasive factor in Bertha Cool's life, and Lamont Hawley represented a lot of it. He also represented an insurance company that smelled a rat about a traffic accident claim. Donald didn't like it. Why should a large insurance company need an outside investigator? But Bertha's eyes were already registering dollars...So Donald gets cracking, and in no time is the prime object of Sgt. Sellars' suspicion. For what on earth was a body doing in the trunk of Donald's car? (#00002329)