Do not be fooled by the pulpy look of ''The Count of 9'', this is not just an airport detective novel that is to be discarded as your plane lands, never to be thought about again. Gardner invokes the equality he strived for and the morality he worked with, to create brilliant characters that are ahead of their time. It also helps that it is an excellent story.
We can also recommend [[The Knife Slipped by Erle Stanley Gardner|The Knife Slipped]], also by Erle Stanley Gardneror [[Thieves Fall Out by Gore Vidal]].
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