The Blade was totally ruthless in their attacks against Selby. Was it murder? Even Sylvia Martin, the reporter for the Clarion (the friendly newspaper that supported his campaign, and was loyal to him afterwards) gave him only 24 hours to solve the crime - and prove himself worthy of the office. Calls It Murder), the opposition newspaper The Blade steadfastly opposed him, and called for his resignation over his first case. The city and county were politically corrupt, though Doug and the newly elected Sheriff Rex Brandon ran on a reform ticket and won the offices of District Attorney and Sheriff. Draws a Circle-the only film adaptation of the series.ĭoug Selby started his literary life as the newly elected District Attorney (D.A.) in the fictional Madison County, California (based on Ventura County, California, where Gardner lived and worked for a time). He was portrayed by Jim Hutton in a 1971 television movie, They Call It Murder, loosely based on The D.A. He appears in nine books, most originally serialized in magazines. Calls it Murder (1937), the first mystery in the Doug Selby seriesĭoug Selby is a fictional creation of Erle Stanley Gardner.
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