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No Law Against Angels / Doll for a Big House / Chorine Makes a Killing
NO LAW AGAINST ANGELS
In which Lt. Al Wheeler investigates the murder of two young ladies--
--both of whom worked at the Haven of Rest mortuary
--both of whom had a tattoo on their upper shoulder in the shape of a dollar sign which turns into a snake
--and both of whom worked as part-time call-girls for the mysterious fellow known as Snake Lannigan, a man no one has ever seen.
DOLL FOR THE BIG HOUSE
In which Lt. Al Wheeler is reassigned to the Eight Precinct under Captain Bligh in order to--
--find Lili Hertz, whose sister has reported her missing
--track her to the Big House of Absolem Kirch, despotic owner of a newspaper empire and the man behind a lot of dirty politics
--and crack the kidnapping ring that provides Kirch with the young girls he keeps in his mansion against their will.
CHORINE MAKES A KILLING
In which Lt. Al Wheeler turns in his badge to become a private investigator for a lawyer's firm in order to--
--investigate an open-and-shut murder case involving Walter Byrne, friend of the lawyer and now married to the lawyer's ex-wife
--determine just who really did kill the chorus girl, who was also Byrne's mistress
--figure out who is trying to kill Byrne's wife, Myra, while fending off the advances of the man's sexy daughter.
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In which Lt. Al Wheeler investigates the murder of two young ladies--
--both of whom worked at the Haven of Rest mortuary
--both of whom had a tattoo on their upper shoulder in the shape of a dollar sign which turns into a snake
--and both of whom worked as part-time call-girls for the mysterious fellow known as Snake Lannigan, a man no one has ever seen.
DOLL FOR THE BIG HOUSE
In which Lt. Al Wheeler is reassigned to the Eight Precinct under Captain Bligh in order to--
--find Lili Hertz, whose sister has reported her missing
--track her to the Big House of Absolem Kirch, despotic owner of a newspaper empire and the man behind a lot of dirty politics
--and crack the kidnapping ring that provides Kirch with the young girls he keeps in his mansion against their will.
CHORINE MAKES A KILLING
In which Lt. Al Wheeler turns in his badge to become a private investigator for a lawyer's firm in order to--
--investigate an open-and-shut murder case involving Walter Byrne, friend of the lawyer and now married to the lawyer's ex-wife
--determine just who really did kill the chorus girl, who was also Byrne's mistress
--figure out who is trying to kill Byrne's wife, Myra, while fending off the advances of the man's sexy daughter.
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298 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2019
About the author
Carter Brown
611 books52 followersCarter Brown was the pseudonym of Alan Geoffrey Yates (1923-1985), who was born in London and educated in Essex.
He married Denise Mackellar and worked as a sound engineer for Gaumont-British films before moving to Australia and taking up work in public relations.
In 1953 he became a full-time writer and produced nearly 200 novels between then and his retirement in 1981.
He also wrote as Tex Conrad and Caroline Farr.
His series heroes were Larry Baker, Danny Boyd, Paul Donavan, Rick Holman, Andy Kane, Randy Roberts, Mavis Siedlitz and Al Wheeler.
He married Denise Mackellar and worked as a sound engineer for Gaumont-British films before moving to Australia and taking up work in public relations.
In 1953 he became a full-time writer and produced nearly 200 novels between then and his retirement in 1981.
He also wrote as Tex Conrad and Caroline Farr.
His series heroes were Larry Baker, Danny Boyd, Paul Donavan, Rick Holman, Andy Kane, Randy Roberts, Mavis Siedlitz and Al Wheeler.
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October 20, 2022
Al Wheeler Mysteries # 7-9 are in this three-pack from Stark House, which offers the stories with their original published titles. “No Law Against Angels” was published in the United States as “The Body.” “Doll For the Big House” was published in the United States as “The Bombshell.” And, “Chorine Makes a Killing” perhaps did not have a U.S. publication equivalent. This volume opens with an introduction by Alan Yates’ son, which offers the readers some personal reminisces about the author, who is known to the world as Carter Brown.
“No Law Against Angels” offers a storyline rather typical of Fifties detective era with young women’s corpses turning up with strange tattoos. It is up to Wheeler to chase down a call-girl ring with links to a gambling syndicate and find out what is happening to these women. On the way, as usual, he has issues with police departmental things, being assigned to a precinct where he is actually expected to report in regularly, among other things. As in the first six books in the series, he is constantly being demoted and promoted. There is a bit of slapstick quality to the call-girl ring and the person running it as well as to a certain debutante who is between husbands and can’t get her claws out of Wheeler. He was under contract to write in excess of two novels a months for thirty years. You wonder though if he ever had a television series in mind for these. Nevertheless, Yates knows how to write these books. They are smoothly written and to the point.
“Doll for the Big House” aka “The Bombshell” is the 8th selection in the Al Wheeler series. Nevertheless the “Big House” is not a woman’s prison as you might think, but literally a big house, as in a mansion. It’s a story about the power that the uber-rich have, what they can get away with, and what they have left when public opinion turns on them.
In Chorine Makes a Killing (Al Wheeler # 9), Wheeler gets an offer he can’t refuse and quits the force, taking a job as an investigator for a criminal defense firm, particularly to defend one corporate mogul, accused of murdering his mistress, a chorus Girl. Although Wheeler is quite used to working on his own, he now has to answer to a number of bosses, something he’s not used to. The murder charge against the corporate head is tight, right down to the corpse, the murder weapon, and the blackmail note. Wheeler has his hands full trying to solve this one, particularly since the defendant’s family is a bit nuts with the skanky daughter, the needy wife, and the butler who’d give Lurch a run for his money. Ultimately, this is a complex who done it and even Wheeler doesn’t know the answer till the end.
“No Law Against Angels” offers a storyline rather typical of Fifties detective era with young women’s corpses turning up with strange tattoos. It is up to Wheeler to chase down a call-girl ring with links to a gambling syndicate and find out what is happening to these women. On the way, as usual, he has issues with police departmental things, being assigned to a precinct where he is actually expected to report in regularly, among other things. As in the first six books in the series, he is constantly being demoted and promoted. There is a bit of slapstick quality to the call-girl ring and the person running it as well as to a certain debutante who is between husbands and can’t get her claws out of Wheeler. He was under contract to write in excess of two novels a months for thirty years. You wonder though if he ever had a television series in mind for these. Nevertheless, Yates knows how to write these books. They are smoothly written and to the point.
“Doll for the Big House” aka “The Bombshell” is the 8th selection in the Al Wheeler series. Nevertheless the “Big House” is not a woman’s prison as you might think, but literally a big house, as in a mansion. It’s a story about the power that the uber-rich have, what they can get away with, and what they have left when public opinion turns on them.
In Chorine Makes a Killing (Al Wheeler # 9), Wheeler gets an offer he can’t refuse and quits the force, taking a job as an investigator for a criminal defense firm, particularly to defend one corporate mogul, accused of murdering his mistress, a chorus Girl. Although Wheeler is quite used to working on his own, he now has to answer to a number of bosses, something he’s not used to. The murder charge against the corporate head is tight, right down to the corpse, the murder weapon, and the blackmail note. Wheeler has his hands full trying to solve this one, particularly since the defendant’s family is a bit nuts with the skanky daughter, the needy wife, and the butler who’d give Lurch a run for his money. Ultimately, this is a complex who done it and even Wheeler doesn’t know the answer till the end.
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