Longarm and the Cursed Corpse

Longarm #246

by Tabor Evans

When a man tries to shoot him in the back for no apparent reason, Longarm must find out why. What he finds is a dirty bail-bond outfit in Texas with an unhealthy interest in Voodoo that's brought in many a bail-jumper more dead than alive.

Genres: Westerns, Historical Fiction

179 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

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

[Amanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book because it happened to be the only novel inherited from an estate. I had never heard of the series before, but like Westerns, so I gave it a shot. I do not think I will read any others. The adult content contained within the story took too much away from it for my taste. I would have DNFed it, but I wanted to know how the mystery murders were solved. From the very beginning, though, I found the details of the case hard to follow and understand. I hoped it would all make sense to me the more I read, but I still do not quite comprehend the reasoning, even though the main character explained it all to another character in the end. Maybe I was too tired reading it at night, or maybe the author assumed readers would have more prior knowledge on the subject than I did. I do not recommend. A Western does not need to have adult content to be a great, entertaining story.

[Richlars · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, started with a gunfight on page two and the action and suspense kept going until the last few pages.

There were several clerical errors:
Page 39, The paragragh that starts with "He set the wire..." the last line has two "a"s in it.
Page 45, First line, "out" should be "our."
Page 155, Last paragraph "...wasn't the same man Howard Grimes..." Grimes should be Brinks.
Page 156, Second line has two "of"s.
Page 163, Third line up from bottom "...had still been mightly..." Mightly should be mightily or mighty.
page 167, Third paragraph, seventh line "...a heap ere long." What should "ere" be?