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Some Women Won't Wait (1953)

by A. A. Fair

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Series: Cool and Lam (14)

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Honolulu. Ragazze giovani e belle in vacanza, Una è la vedovella di un uomo d'affari che le ha fatto un cattivo scherzo: nel testamento ha lasciato detto che se la giovanissima moglie sicomporterà male, esalato lui l'ultimo respiro, le sue sostanze rimarranno al socio. Questi eredita sia il compito di sorvegliare sul patrimonio del socio morto e curarne gli interessi in favore della bella ereditiera, sia l'incarico di badare che la bella vedova non «sgarri». Con tutto il da fare che ha coi suoi pozzi di petrolio, l'anziano ex-socio del morto incarica Donald Lam e la sempre più grassa Bertha Cool di andare a vedere che cosa combinano la vedovella e la sua amica nella surriscaldata e peccaminosa atmosfera delle Hawaii: Donald Lam va e scopre che le due donne sono già sorvegliate da qualcuno. Uno sporco ricattatore che ci rimetterà poi la pellaccia. Oh bella! E chi poteva avere tutto l'interesse a far fuori il ricattatore? Chi, se non la vedovella che non ama essere controllata mentre cerca di godersi i molti quattrini lasciatile dal vecchio marito defunto? Nel modo scanzonato e divertente che sapete A. A. Fair vi dimostra come amore-gelosia siano il binomio che, con l'ausilio di qualche delitto, giustifica appieno il vecchio adagio secondo cui ... GLI AFFARI SONO AFFARI
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An old and rheumatic man comes to the Cool & Lam agency seeking help for a young woman, Mira Woolford, who is being blackmailed. Mira had married his partner and when the partner died, she inherited half of his substantial estate. His death was sudden, so there is some suspicion as to the cause. Mira is in Hawaii, so Bicknell hires Bertha and Donald to travel with him to the islands on a deluxe cruise ship.

Once they arrive in Hawaii, Donald manages to loosen Bertha up, getting her to wear Hawaiian dresses and even a bathing suit. Donald manages to befriend Mira and Norma, her friend with similar ambitions. There is more than one person attempting to blackmail Mira, and one of them gets a bullet between the eyes. Bertha and Bicknell discover the body in the victim's house and enter the crime scene and remove some evidence. This gets them in trouble and Donald manages to fix some of the damage. The suspicion falls on Mira, and Donald begins working to establish her innocence.
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