Title: THE CASE OF THE QUEENLY CONTESTANT (Perry Mason Mystery) / WIDOWS WEAR WEEDS (Donald Lam-Bertha Cool Mystery) (Detective Book Club Edition)
Description: Detective Book Club imprint. Hardcover. Two mysteries in one book both by Erle Stanley Gardner, one under the pseudonym of A.A. Fair.
1) "The Case of the Queenly Contestant" (Perry Mason Mystery), 1967. Perry Mason is hired to stop the publication of a news story about a beauty pageant contestant who won a beauty pageant 20 years prior. Later, he defends her on a murder charge.
2) "Widows Wear Weeds" (Donald Lam-Bertha Cool Mystery), 1966, under the pseudonym of A.A. Fair. Bertha Cool & Donald Lam are in top form in this fast-paced mystery featuring jailbirds, blondes & blackmail.
Subjects: Mystery and detective stories, Private Eyes (fictional characters), Criminal defense lawyers (fictional), Private investigators (fictional)
Places: Los Angeles (Calif.) & others
People: Fictional character: Perry Mason, Fictional Characters: Donald Lam & Bertha Cool
Time periods: 20th Century / 1960s