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Knife Slipped

by Erle Stanley Gardner

Cool & Lam are asked to catch an unfaithful husband for a divorce case, but Bertha is greedy. She wants a bigger slice of the cake, which puts Donald Lam in deep trouble, far from the divorce courts and close to dirty cops, blackmail and murder. The Knife Slipped is one their earlier cases in which Donald hasn't developed his strengths and Bertha has to protect the "brainy little runt" from himself.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?