Longarm on the Humboldt

Longarm #28

by Tabor Evans

Longarm on the Tabor Longarm on the Jove FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Jove Books, 1983. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good with a previous seller's tamp on the first page and stamps to the top page ends. Covers have some light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller 337534 Pulp Paperbacks We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

Genres: Westerns

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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

[Edwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Longarm novels, and Adult Westerns in general, don’t seem to get much respect even though they were written by talented work-for-hire authors like Lou Cameron, Frank Roderus, James Reasoner, Pete Brandvold, and of course Harry Whittington who wrote this one, the 28th book in the series. Whittington would go on to write five more Longarm novels over the next couple of years, and although I have all of them, this is the first one that I’ve read. Whittington’s take on US Marshall Custis Long clearly pegs him as a hard-boiled detective, and the familiar tropes are here, getting beat up, captured, escaping, getting laid, etc. The story consists of two investigations, an assignment from the US Government, and another at the behest of a beautiful young blind woman who is seeking revenge. Some may say that Whittingtons best days were behind him in the 1970s, but I don’t think that's true. His descriptive prose is elegant without being wordy, the dialog crackles with authenticity and humor, and the plotting is, not surprisingly, exceptional. There is a Mormon subplot, which was entertaining enough, that smelled of padding that could have easily been cut to really make this a taut 200 pager, but only a minor quibble. Four stars.

[Josh Hitch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the others I've read and with this one being written by Whittington, I figured it had to be good. Well it's ok, though it's the weakest of the ones I've read. Longarm is played for a fool by everybody and he just sort of blundered through. I was waiting for a 5 year old to steal his lunch money.

Still like the character and the way it all came together was fine but it had a ton of loose ends. And again so many people got the drop on him it was unreal and a lot of them got away with it. I can't really recommend it, it's readable but others I've read are so much better. I would say 2.5 stars is closer but I just rounded up.

[Ralph Carlson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read. Harry Whittington, the real author of this book, and the reason I read it, is always entertaining.