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Danny Boyd
Rip Off
A friendly game of death. Danny Boyd had been hired by the beautiful Lisa to find her missing husband, her missing money, and her missing twin sister, Kelly. But were any of them really missing? And who was Lisa? Was she Kelly? And if she was Kelly, where was Lisa? It was enough to make Boyd lose his mind -- or his life!
Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Carter Brown
556 books52 followersCarter Brown was the pseudonym of Alan Geoffrey Yates (1923-1985), who was born in London and educated in Essex.
He married Denise Mackellar and worked as a sound engineer for Gaumont-British films before moving to Australia and taking up work in public relations.
In 1953 he became a full-time writer and produced nearly 200 novels between then and his retirement in 1981.
He also wrote as Tex Conrad and Caroline Farr.
His series heroes were Larry Baker, Danny Boyd, Paul Donavan, Rick Holman, Andy Kane, Randy Roberts, Mavis Siedlitz and Al Wheeler.
He married Denise Mackellar and worked as a sound engineer for Gaumont-British films before moving to Australia and taking up work in public relations.
In 1953 he became a full-time writer and produced nearly 200 novels between then and his retirement in 1981.
He also wrote as Tex Conrad and Caroline Farr.
His series heroes were Larry Baker, Danny Boyd, Paul Donavan, Rick Holman, Andy Kane, Randy Roberts, Mavis Siedlitz and Al Wheeler.
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January 10, 2022
Hired by a mysterious and somewhat sketchy client to locate her missing sister, the P.I with the ‘profile’ Danny Boyd, (true to the formulaic nature of these books) lands himself in the proverbial quick smart, only to then wade through a web of complex and confusing lies before getting to the eventual grandiose finale’.
The Rip Off is a hard sell, even for a book written by the prolific pulp hack, Carter Brown (expect sleaze pulp rather than literary noir). The plot, whilst straight forward soon veered off the rails and became a murky mess of confusion – notably when the client revealed she doesn’t actually have a sister, let alone one who is missing. Turns out Boyd was brought in as part of an elaborate ruse by his client to unearth some criminal enterprise between parties the client was formerly aligned with… until she wasn’t; basically, this is a convoluted ‘women scored’ pulp with erotica overtones.
The Rip Off is a hard sell, even for a book written by the prolific pulp hack, Carter Brown (expect sleaze pulp rather than literary noir). The plot, whilst straight forward soon veered off the rails and became a murky mess of confusion – notably when the client revealed she doesn’t actually have a sister, let alone one who is missing. Turns out Boyd was brought in as part of an elaborate ruse by his client to unearth some criminal enterprise between parties the client was formerly aligned with… until she wasn’t; basically, this is a convoluted ‘women scored’ pulp with erotica overtones.
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