Longarm and Big Trouble in Bodie

Longarm #201

by Tabor Evans

Traveling to Bodie in order to rein in a lawman who has sunk into paranoia, Longarm discovers that Marshal Ivan Kane has been charging local merchants illegal protection fees

Genres: Westerns

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

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

[Benjamin Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fresh off trouble in Reno, Deputy US Marshal Custis Long is sent to Bodie, California to get to the bottom of what appears to be a legendary marshal gone rogue. Tagging along with him is a 24-year-old daughter of another legendary lawman, Megan Riley. As expected, these two make it into the sack a few times, but the plot’s main focus is nicely action-packed with a sort of mystery to solve along the way and an unexpected twist or two.

These Longarm westerns continue to surprise me for the most part, being better quality than I would expect from the adult western market. Of course, a lot depends on the actual author behind the Tabor Evans pseudonym. I can’t determine who that is for this one, but I think they did a fine job with the character.

A solid entry in the lengthy Longarm series of adult westerns.

[Steven Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical for this series, Longarm is sent to Bodie fresh off a case in Reno. Longarm hooks up with a virginal daughter of another lawman. Of course Longarm relieves the young lady of the burden of her virginity and they tumble in the bed a few times until she is hurt. Most of the book is decent pot-boiler Western action typical of the genre. I do like these books better when they are more about the action and less about how many women Longarm sleeps with.

# of women Longarm sleeps with: 2