Hell Up North

Longarm #365

by Tabor Evans

Assigned to capture Erroll "Bone" McCluskey and bring him to Bismarck, North Dakota where he will meet his fate in the hangman's noose, Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long soon discovers that he is not the only one who wants Bone. Original.

Genres: Westerns

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 12, 2009

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

[Edward Trujillo · Rating 2 out of 5]

More of the same formula -- sex and shoot'em ups. Quick reads to kill time these winter months