Longarm and the Grand Canyon Murders

Longarm #399

by Tabor Evans

A judge and his wife have disappeared while boating on the Colorado River. Three river guides have had their throats slit. And Longarm will have to keep his head above water as he battles the ruthless river rats-or he may find himself up the creek without a paddle.

Genres: Westerns

183 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2012

About the author

Tabor Evans is the author of the long-running Longarm western series, featuring the adventures of Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long. Tabor Evans, is a house pseudonym used by a number of authors. The pseudonym of Tabor Evans would begin in the 1970s when Lou Cameron established it for the Jove Books publishing label. Lou Cameron helped create the character and wrote a number of the early books in the series. The first book was published in 1978. Other authors known to have written books in the series include Melvin Marshall, Will C. Knott, Frank Roderus, Chet Cunningham, J. Lee Butts, Gary McCarthy, James Reasoner, Jeffrey M. Wallmann, Peter Brandvold and Harry Whittington. In addition there are 29 "Giant" editions published as well.

The Longarm series is a mainstay of the "adult western" genre which arose in the 1970s. These books are distinguished from classical westerns by the inclusion of more explicit sex and violence.

Reviews

[Steven Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent book in this long running adult Western. Many of these Longarms have a woman that I thought the character might have settled down with permanently but they always disappear before by the next book.

# of women Longarm sleeps with: 1

[Susan Ashcraft · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tall, handsome,smart, Deputy U.S. Marshall Custis Long, known to people on both sides of the law as Longarm is sent out to the Grand Canyon to look into the disappearance of a judge and his new, much younger bride. Last seen getting ready to embark on a rafting trip down the Colorado River, their 3 guides have been found dead. Longarm's the only man for the job, as Billy Vail, his boss, tells him, Longarm you can swim!

With beautiful women, outlaws, Indians, gun battles and sex, Longarm is up the creek, or more correctly, down the Colorado River in a shotgun riddled boat.

The Longarm series is always a fun read, with a nice quick pace and interesting characters.

Due to the graphic sex and violence in this and in fact, all the Longarm series, it is not suitable for younger readers.