Donald Lam

Donald Lam is a fictional American detective created by Erle Stanley Gardner under his penname A. A. Fair. He is the side-kick of Bertha Cool, a stout widow in her 60s who started their detective agency in 1936.

The series is also known as The Unlikely Duo[?] and consists of the following 29 books:

The Bigger They Come

Turn on the Heat

Gold Comes in Bricks

Spill the Jackpot

Double or Quits

Owls don't Blink

Bats Fly at Dusk

Cats Prowl at Night

Give 'em the Ax

Crows can't Count

Fools Die on Friday

Bedrooms have Windows

Top of the Heap

Some Woman won't Wait

Beware the Curves

You can Die Laughing

Some Slips don't Show

The Count of Nine

Pass the Gravey

Kept Woman can't Quit

Bachelors Get Lonely

Shills can't Count Chips

Try Anything Once

Fish or Cut Bait

Up for Grabs

Cut Thin to Win

Widows Wear Weeds

Traps Need Fresh Bait

All Grass isn't Green