The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith
- Автор: Гарднер Эрл Стенли
- Год: 1980
- Язык: английский
- Год: The Dial Press / Davis Publications
- ISBN: 0-8037-1653-2
- Жанр: Классические детективы
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Erle Stanley Gardner’s most popular pulp creation was undoubtedly Lester Leith, whose adventures are recorded in more than 60 novelets. Lester Leith was a Robin Hood of detectives who solved baffling mysteries in order to crack down on cracksmen. Instead of robbing the rich to help the poor, Lester Leith robbed crooks “of their ill-gotten spoils” and gave the proceeds to deserving charities — less “20 percent for costs of collection.” Lester Leith is pure nostalgia — and great fun. In this collection, Ellery Queen presents five of Lester Leith’s sparkling, audacious adventures.
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“Could and did,” Sergeant Ackley said.
Leith lit a cigarette, then looked up at Sergeant Ackley with a disarming smile.
“Clever of you, Sergeant,” he said. “Isn’t it a shame you didn’t think of it before?”
Leith said musingly, “And to think I pitched that gun overboard. Do you really think there was any chance the guns could have been substituted, Sergeant?”
Sergeant Ackley fumed.
“Tut, tut,” Leith said. “You mustn’t be that way, Sergeant. In your profession, it’s easy to make mistakes. You must figure things on a give-and-take basis.”
Sergeant Ackley’s face was twisted with emotion. “Yes,” he said, “and you do all the taking.”
Following which, he left, slamming the door behind him with great violence.
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