By Erle Stanley Gardner
SHE performed the percentages -- AND LOST!
When the gorgeous female friend of a infamous gangster vanishes, the final guy to be visible along with her wishes an alibi -- and quickly. input Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective corporation. Donald tracks down the 2 girls with whom his shopper claims to have spent the evening and the buyer broadcasts the case closed.
But it's now not. whatever approximately his client's tale doesn't upload up, and Donald can't face up to the temptation to maintain digging. sooner than he understands it, he's dug up connections to a mining rip-off, an unlawful on line casino, and a double murder -- plus a chance for an enterprising inner most eye to make a small fortune, if he can simply remain alive lengthy adequate to benefit from it!
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A religious man is a depraved animal;. "12 By intrigue, Clootz was able to get himself made a Representative of the Nation, and became a major influence in getting the government to sanction the antireligious movement. Everywhere in France an orgy of blasphemy and desecration began. " This was a cherished maxim of the Illuminati and, of course, an official denial of the Resurrection. Not content with destroying the body, the regenerators of France set out to destroy the soul. 48 The French Revolution Commenting upon the attack against religion and morality during the French Revolution, John Robison stated: ...
26 The Illuminati Using the methods of earlier secret societies, Weishaupt, through his organizing ability, was able to make the Illuminati one of the most effective instruments of evil that has ever been uncovered. Using the philosophy that "the end justifies the means," his methods became a model for world revolution. Eventually, the Order became suspect by the government of Bavaria, resulting in an investigation by a Bavarian Court of Inquiry in 1783. An event that led to exposure of the subversive nature of the Order was the untimely death of one of its members, an evangelist preacher named Lanze, who, while on a mission to Silesia, was struck down by lightning.
What they found in this "hated emblem of despotism," as portrayed by revolutionary writers, were not captives in chains or torture-chambers, but seven prisoners living in relative comfort. Four of the prisoners were forgers, two were lunatics, and one was a man who had been incarcerated at the request of his own family. The King had already planned to tear down the ancient prison, but this was something his enemies could not afford him the honor of doing. An area also not overlooked by the revolutionaries was the corrupting of the military, whether by bribery, the use of prostitutes, or outright murder.