Try Anything Once
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears — dust jacket present with some minor edge wear; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Ex-lib with usual markings. Binding: Intact hardcover binding.
Try Anything Once is a hard-boiled crime novel written under the pen name A. A. Fair, the pseudonym of prolific American mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner, best known for his Perry Mason series. This entry in the beloved Cool and Lam series follows the mismatched detective duo of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam — a tough, money-driven widow and her wily, streetwise partner — as they navigate a twisting web of deception, danger, and double-crosses. Gardner crafts the narrative with sharp, punchy dialogue and a relentlessly fast pace that keeps readers gripping the page from start to finish. The series stands as a hallmark of mid-twentieth-century American detective fiction, blending wit, suspense, and a wonderfully cynical view of human nature.
Author: A. A. Fair
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Heinemann
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears — dust jacket present with some minor edge wear; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Ex-lib with usual markings. Binding: Intact hardcover binding.
Try Anything Once is a hard-boiled crime novel written under the pen name A. A. Fair, the pseudonym of prolific American mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner, best known for his Perry Mason series. This entry in the beloved Cool and Lam series follows the mismatched detective duo of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam — a tough, money-driven widow and her wily, streetwise partner — as they navigate a twisting web of deception, danger, and double-crosses. Gardner crafts the narrative with sharp, punchy dialogue and a relentlessly fast pace that keeps readers gripping the page from start to finish. The series stands as a hallmark of mid-twentieth-century American detective fiction, blending wit, suspense, and a wonderfully cynical view of human nature.