partnership geared towards the ideals of justice, Madison City police chief Otto Larkin was portrayed as a political hack, who arrested suspects and would just blame the D.A. if there wasn't a conviction. Similarly, in The D.A. Breaks a Seal Brandon tells Selby that the new D.A. would blame him for not getting the evidence needed to convict. Bibliography Doug Selby appeared in the following books. The D.A. Calls it Murder (1937)Serialized as "The Thread of Truth" in The Country Gentleman, September 1936–January 1937; William Morrow and Company, January 1937 The D.A. Holds a Candle (1938)Serialized in The Country Gentleman, September 1938–January 1939; William Morrow and Company, November 1938 The D.A. Draws a Circle (1939)William Morrow and Company, September 1939Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime: "This sample of Doug Selby's work is really distinguished, as is the creation of the unscrupulous but smooth lawyer-villain A. B. Carr. The hostile byplay with the police chief is also well done." The D.A. Goes to Trial (1940)Serialized in The Country Gentleman, April–July 1940; William Morrow and Company, June 1940 The D.A. Cooks a Goose (1942)Serialized in The Country Gentleman, September 1941–January 1942; William Morrow and Company, January 1942 The D.A. Calls a Turn (1944)Serialized in The Country Gentleman, November 1943–March 1944; William Morrow and Company, January 1944 The D.A. Breaks a Seal (1946)Serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, December 1, 1945 – January 12, 1946; William Morrow and Company, February 1946 The D.A. Takes a Chance (1948)Serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, July 31–September 18, 1948; William Morrow and Company, October 1948 The D.A. Breaks an Egg (1949)William Morrow and Company, August 1949Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime: "There are some pretty bits of skulduggery, shrewd guessing, and also improbability in this well-told item in the D.A. series." Adaptations Radio The first Saturday Evening Post installment of The D.A. Takes a Chance was adapted for an episode of the ABC radio serial, Listening Post, broadcast July 28, 1948. Television The 1971 television film, They Call It Murder, was loosely based on The D.A. Draws a Circle. Jim Hutton stars as Doug Selby. Completed in February 1970, the two-hour movie aired December 17, 1971. References Literary characters introduced in 1937 Fictional lawyers Erle Stanley Gardner