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Al Wheeler #41
The Aseptic Murders
Cover art by Robert McGinnis.
Paperback
First published January 1, 1972
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Carter Brown
570 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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November 9, 2024
In this edition of the Al Wheeler series, the opening act is the discovery of a nude couple with matching knives sticking out of their chests. There are no clothes in the room and not even a wristwatch. The woman is identified by the motel manager as the widow Jan O’Hara who has been pouring out her grief every few weeks with a guy in the motel’s enchanted rooms. Jan’s roommate Judy Trent explains that Jan has been disappearing overnight for a while and has been a crazy nymphomaniac who occasionally picks up the wrong guy, but this one had to be Justin Everard from Jan’s place of business, Cal Con Chemicals.
Keep Cal Con in mind because much of the novel consists of Lieutenant Wheeler getting to know the handful of scientists who work there and finding that the laboratory staff have been so active it would make Peyton Place blush.
Indeed, there are no mobsters or strip clubs in this one, just a bunch of mad scientists, jealous of each other and willing to take experimentation to a new level.
Keep Cal Con in mind because much of the novel consists of Lieutenant Wheeler getting to know the handful of scientists who work there and finding that the laboratory staff have been so active it would make Peyton Place blush.
Indeed, there are no mobsters or strip clubs in this one, just a bunch of mad scientists, jealous of each other and willing to take experimentation to a new level.
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