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author:  Erle Stanley Gardner 
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  ![Cover](images/leith.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  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.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Erle Stanley Gardner
  
  
  
  
  
  The Amazing Adventures
  
  
  
  
  
  of Lester Leith
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ELLERY
  
  
  
  
  
  QUEEN
  
  
  
  
  
  PRESENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  ERLE
  
  
  
  
  
  STANLEY
  
  
  
  
  
  GARDNER’S
  
  
  
  
  
  THE AMAZING
  
  
  
  
  
  ADVENTURES OF
  
  
  
  
  
  LESTER LEITH
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Edited and with an Introduction by
  
  
  
  
  
  ELLERY QUEEN
  
  
  
  
  
  THE DIAL PRESS
  
  
  
  
  
  DAVIS PUBLICATIONS, INC.
  
  
  
  
  
  380 Lexington Avenue
  