Longarm and the Wayward Widow

Longarm #266

by Tabor Evans

Longarm is sent to New Mexico to intervene when a long-standing feud between Tom McCabe and Don Alejandro Montoya over land erupts in murder, but his mission could be jeopardized by an all-too-enchanting widow. Original.

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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 4 out of 5]

One of the better books in this long-running adult Western.

Longarm is up to his usual hijinks. While investigating a possible land war over a Spanish land grant, Longarm sticks himself between warring groups of more recent gringo ranchers and other ranchers mostly of Spanish and Mexican descent who are fighting over a disputed section of land.

Longarm does not quite lay everything in a dress, and I was surprised that he didn't bang all of the widows, and unmarried women. Longarm sticks with one lover through most of the book, but does dally with another lady once.

# of women Longarm sleeps with: 2

[George F. Sommers]

A good read

Usual good plot by Evans. Unlike several other westerns I read there are no typos indicating excellent proofing of the book.