Hell Up North

Longarm #365

by Tabor Evans

Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long must travel to the town of Helldorado to capture Erroll “Bone” McCluskey—but the outlaw populace aren’t about to let a lawdog take one of their own without a gunfight.

Genres: Westerns

138 pages, ebook

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]

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