Wanted

by Frank Gruber

LARGE PRINT TRADE SOFTCOVER, EX LIBRARY

222 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name

Frank Gruber was an enormously prolific author of pulp fiction. A stalwart contributor to Black Mask magazine, he also wrote novels, producing as many as four a year during the 1940s. His best-known character was Oliver Quade, “the Human Encyclopedia,” whose adventures were collected in Brass Knuckles (1966), and will soon be republished in ebook format as Oliver Quade, the Human Encyclopedia,featuring brand-new material, from MysteriousPress.com, Open Road Integrated Media, and Black Mask magazine.

Reviews

[Chris Stephens · Rating 3 out of 5]

when I want a solid, fun and generally light pulp read, Gruber is on my shortlist.
This is a mix of old west and city settings,
with a mystery of murder.
Gruber also is pleasant read due his lack of racism and negative attitude towards Native Americans.
don't expect too much, this book is what it is, but I don't want my hour or so of time back.

[Bradthad Codgeroger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Half western, half mystery, it does neither very well. Was still a page-turner.