Massacre At Russian River

Dirty Harry #7

by Dane Hartman

"Dirty Harry" Callahan--he fights for the law of the land, he lives by the rule of the gun! A lot of grass--the illegal kind--grows in the hills of Northern California. Where there's marijuana, there's money. Where there's money, there's murder. And where there's murder, there's Dirty Harry. In a wilderness where even the local cops are criminal, Harry must live--and kill--by a law higher than the law of the land: his own.

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1982

About the author

Following the release of the third Dirty Harry movie, The Enforcer, in 1976, Clint Eastwood made it clear that he did not intend to make any more Dirty Harry movies. In 1981, Warner Books (the publishing arm of Warner Bros., which made the films) began publishing a number of men's adventure series under its now-defunct "Men of Action" line. One such series features the further adventures of Inspector Harry Callahan. The books, written primarily by Ric Meyers and Leslie Alan Horvitz, appeared under the house name Dane Hartman. The series was brought to an end when Eastwood decided to direct, produce, and star in a fourth Dirty Harry movie, Sudden Impact, which was released in December 1983.

Reviews

[Josh Hitch]

It is a fun continuation novel for Dirty Harry. Harry is sent to a rural town called Russian River, CA. He was sent there to help out the small police there in a murder investigation of some dead marijuana growers. Unfortunately, there was a lot more to it with some high up players involved. Since Harry never learned to bow out when he wasn't wanted, there were going to be plenty of dead bodies.

Highly recommended, all of these Dirty Harry novels I've read have been entertaining.

[Garrison]

Out in the open air and the country cannot hold DH down. Once again its all up to Harry. My problem as in a prior book, the ending seems rushed to condense it to a page count. Harry shows he is a terminator before Arnold was known to anyone.

[Bradley Schlieper]

2nd best story out of the first 7 books in the 12 book set.

[Randy Ray]

A passably good men's adventure novel with strong characters. The characterization of Harry Callahan was off, though.

[Mikepottz]

When you can't buy a farm full of dope, just bump bullets into the owner and the fetus growing inside, take it by force, by blood, by any means. Harry on the case, as usual nobody likes him. As he is in a helicopter checking out the terrain for hidden drugs, the helicopter is struck, sending it down into trees, blades torn off like matchsticks, gaping hole in the side, it catches fire, Harry lucky to escape. All of this series has been awesome. This was not.