The dame 1959 terror comes creeping 1959 the corpse 1960 the desired 1960 the temptress. Nudewith a view by carter brown meet your next favorite book. He then followed it up with a thrilling sequel that was called blonde verdict. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Yates poured from his typewriter between 195368 under the name carter brown about 150 crime stories, with sales in the tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of copies. May 06, 2010 novelist carter brown died 25 years ago this weekwhich was a pretty slick trick, since he had never actually existed. Allbookstores finds the lowest book prices on new, used and rental textbooks by comparing prices at more than 3 dozen online bookstores with thousands of booksellers. She competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 olympics in the shot put and discus throw and won a bronze medal in the shot put in 1960. Oct 11, 2017 robert mcginnis, a corpse for christmas by carter brown the penny dreadful covers of carter brown novels a collection of titillating paperback covers. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Alan geoffrey yates australian dictionary of biography. Cowgirls, rolling stones, martinis in one chapter, dead babes and guntoting goons dressed as mickey mouse and donald duck in another chapter. The uptight blonde al wheeler, private eye by brown, carter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Based in southern california, wheeler appeared in almost 60 of his books. Among the surviving engravings, paper and sheet size vary. Al wheeler tangles with a redhead with green eyes who is nobodys girl but my own. The al wheeler book series by carter brown includes books doll for the big house, no law against angels, the lover, and several more. Carter brown mystery hour the au thriller old time. As david pointed out, the danny boyd series was supposed to be hardboiled. He married denise mackellar and worked as a sound engineer for gaumontbritish films before moving to australia and taking up work in public relations. Brown university is a private ivy league research university in providence, rhode island. One of his most commonly used characters was a freewheeling police lieutenant named al wheeler.
Stark house continues its reprinting of al wheeler mysteries by carter brown pseudonym of alan geoffrey yates. Mar 09, 2016 i bought the carter brown books for the wonderful robert mcginnis covers. The series kicked off in 1955 for the first time with the release of the debut novel in the series, the blonde. This is a listing in alphabetical order of all of the authors that we currently list. Sandra lynn cox was born on march 12, 1948 in waco, texas and raised in ft. This new omnibus edition includes mysteries from 1956 mysteries 46 in the series. I started collecting with these two authors back in 1980 while on a fishing trip with my father and grandfather to northern minnesota. Notable childrens books criteria awards, publishing, and. Frank kozelek, who worked with him at signet, publisher of the carter brown series in the 1960s, recalled in an essay for 2001s the paperback covers of robert mcginnis compiled by art scott and dr.
No harp for my angel while in florida on vacation, lt. Al wheeler, an unorthodox police lieutenant in fictional pine city, california. Carter brown, pulp fiction, for sale, rare books, used. The rick holman book series by carter brown includes books jade eyed jungle, the coven, nude with a view, and several more.
Midsomer murders tv series 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. June 11, 1935 may 1, 1983 was an american athlete notable for her careers in track and field and roller games. So if looking for stephen king you would search by s, not k. Yates wrote about 150 crime stories under the pseudonym of carter brown. Shell scott robert mcginnis, pulp fiction book, pulp. In reality, yates was truly prolific with 322 published carter brown novels, including multiple series variously featuring protagonists mike farrell, andy kane, mavis seidlitz, lt. Includes history and genealogy for the counties of anderson county, blount county, bradley county, campbell county, carter county, claiborne county, cocke county, grainger county, greene county, hamblen county, hancock county, hawkins county, james county, jefferson county. Lament for a lousy lover by carter brown, signet, 1960 this is a crossover between two of the authors series al wheeler the cop and mavis seidlitz the private eye. List of book titles taken from literature wikipedia. Carter brown books list of books by author carter brown. The first volume is a triple decker, and the cover has the titles for you. I enjoyed the wacky plots and wheelers skirtchasing tendencies. Carter brown was the pseudonym of alan geoffrey yates 19231985, who was born in london and educated in essex. There will be a couple of books that were never published in the u.
Al wheeler omnibus 1 brown, carter, yates, chris on. Click to read more about the brazen by carter brown. Carter brown and the australian craze for faux american crime. Rip foster in ride the gray planet 1969 edition gutenberg text savage, blake, 19141990. The authors real name was alan geoffrey yates, and he was born in london, england, on august 1, 1923. Carter brown is the creator and writer of the al wheeler series. Setting up the eighth title in the ongoing al wheeler series of books, it charts his time as a freewheeling cop from california.
Please note it is listed by the authors first name. No harp for my angel booty for a babe eve, its extortion. Also throw in a fruitpickers demonstration into the mix and you have a what the hells going. Aug 31, 2017 with over 300 titles to his credit, a good estimate is that carter brown eventually totaled over 100 million copies in print. Not the best but this was the 3rd or 4th al wheeler i have read. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the wench is wicked blonde verdict delilah was deadly. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. Stark house is reprinting the novels in al wheeler series. Most of the al wheeler novels came out in the 50s and 60s.
This time, the treat is three al wheeler mysteries by carter brown the. Founded in 1764 as the college in the english colony of rhode island and providence plantations, it is the seventholdest institution of higher education in the united states and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the american revolution. Apr 05, 2016 apr 5, 2016 23d02a237d16f8406f8c6d1122c5bc0d. Carter brown was the primary working byline of an australian writer. The extraordinary early success of carter brown in the 1950s meant that yates was contracted to produce one short novel and two long novels each month. Al wheeler comes down the chimney and finds hot tempers, hot chicks, and one warm corpse all. Notable childrens books nominated titles for discussion. Carter brown bibliography a huge and exhaustive list of.
Books 79 in the popular al wheeler series, featuring the original australian versions. As the oldest of five daughters, she was a responsible and mature girl, and always chose to read a book rather than play with dolls. I was fascinated by the way carter brown developed the unorthodox homicide detective, lieutenant al wheeler. The movie comtac 303 starring billy dee williams, greg morris, chad everett, and henry fonda, began filming jul 25, 1977, in the mojave desert, but shut down several weeks later when financing was withdrawn by the studio. Then by chance last week i discovered and they had 18 carter brown books available to check out. Al wheeler, rick holman, danny boyd, larry baker, zelda roxanne, et al. Carter brown mysteries old time radio the nick carter. Stark house, carter brown, and al wheeler bill criders pop. Found inside a medical book at brown university in 2012, the rare illustration was part of a donation by physician solomon drowne, brown class of 1773. An informative and historical overview of the east tennesee region with 545 pages including hundreds of biographies. The wench is wicked blonde verdict delilah was deadly.
The success of the books also spawned a comic book series, the carter. More information about this seller contact this seller 4. See the complete rick holman series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Carter browns al wheeler books in order fantastic fiction. Mckenzie who would produce a collection of books using the brown penname. Carter brown is one of the most successful and largest series of books the world. Carter brown was the literary pseudonym of alan geoffrey yates an englishborn australian writer of detective fiction. Carter brown 19231985 pseudonym for allan geoffrey yates, who also wrote as caroline farr, tom conway and paul valdez. Includes a new introduction by the authors son, jeremy yates. Way back in the early 1960s, i started reading carter browns al wheeler series. In this case, wheeler investigates the murder of a writer with ties to a.
I like carter brown because its the kind of pulp you can just sit and read through in one or two settings like watching tv. View daily birmingham, al weather updates, watch videos and photos, join the discussion in forums. Stark house, carter brown, and al wheeler bill crider. The brazen an al wheeler mystery by carter brown and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Wallace maynard that this was bobs hallmark throughout my working relationship with him. Aug 26, 2017 stark house has entered upon the ambitious project of reprinting all of carter browns al wheeler adventures in order of their original publication. List of 5,000 great songs, alphabetically by song title. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day, helping 35.
Carter brown was one of his most prominent though, with it becoming a globally recognized brand of sorts over the years, with other writers also assuming the moniker too. History of east tennessee, published 1887 by goodspeed. Hachette book grouplittle, brown and company 9780316341578. Prominent for their cheesecake and suggestive covers, and catchy titles. See the complete al wheeler series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Signet signed the carter brown series in 1958, new books and us. Al wheeler must confront a murdered hollywood writer whose body is.