Crime Fiction Alphabet 2013: The Letter E

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May 072013
 
We rolling along with the community meme Crime Fiction Alphabet 2013 sponsored by Kerry's Blog. We currently up to the Letter E. The posts are simple enough. The posts must be related to either the first letter of a book's title, the first letter of an author's first name, or the first letter of the author's surname, or even maybe a crime fiction "topic". But above all, it has to be crime fiction. This time around I will be doing a post on a Carter Brown title for each letter of the alphabet.

Carter Brown: E is for The Ever-Loving Blues

Requiem For A Bikini
It was an itsy-bitsy white polka-dot bikini.
She was a beautiful brunette, curvy, kissable, cuddly. 
Too bad they had come together, in death.

Barye Phillips Cover
Danny Boyd, the private eye with the profile no gal can resist, accepts a movie mogul's bid to track down a wandering, wanton star. He winds up playing fast with a loose redhead, and footy with a couple of thugs on a fifteenth-century Spanish galleon in sunny Florida, where the climate is perfect for murder.

Ron Lesser Cover
Various Other Covers
Originally titled
Death of a Doll
Second Collectors' Series
International Edition 1962
Numbered Series 1956

Reprint By Demand Series 1960

International Edition 1971 (2nd Printing)
Horwitz/Signet Double Edition Series
Printing History
Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Horwitz Publications

Numbered Series 1956 (#11)
Second Collectors' Series Oct 1958 (v1 n20)
w/Black-mail Beauty
Reprint By Demand Series July 1960 (#20)
Long Story Magazine April 1961 (#21)
International Edition Nov 1962 (IE21) 1971 (IE70)

New American Library
Signet Books

Signet Edition March 1961 (S1919)
Signet Edition Canada 2nd Printing January 1969 (D3722)
Signet Edition US 3rd Printing January 1969 (D3722)
Horwitz/Signet Double May 1982 (#11a) (AE1520)
w/The Sad-Eyed Seductress

Trivia
Death Of A Doll was written with the main character Barney Slade and then rewritten with the character Danny Boyd when the title was revised.
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Crime Fiction Alphabet 2013: The Letter D

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Apr 302013
 
I am back this year with the community meme Crime Fiction Alphabet 2013 from Kerry's Blog. The posts must be related to either the first letter of a book's title, the first letter of an author's first name, or the first letter of the author's surname, or even maybe a crime fiction "topic". But above all, it has to be crime fiction. This time around I will be doing a post on a Carter Brown title for each letter of the alphabet. We currently up to the Letter D.


Carter Brown: D is for The Dream Is Deadly

The beautiful actress vanished.
Danny Boyd found her trail crossed with murder.....


Every night the gorgeous actress went insane to the staccato beat of an audience's applause. She ran the gamut of emotions in three acts. She laughed. she cried, she threatened, she pleaded. Then one weekend, at a posh party, she topped any performance she has ever given. She vanished without a trace for two years.
Barye Phillips Cover

A hot shot publisher hired Danny Boyd, the dashing and debonair private eye, to find out why the beautiful blonde was a dead issue and how she had disappeared. Boyd's investigation leads him headlong into a cast of oddball characters including a temperamental producer, a wanton redhead, a willing receptionist, and a plug-ugly killer, expert at calling the shots.

Various Covers

    
 

Printing History
Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Horwitz Publications

Numbered Series #89 September 1960
International Editions Series #23 October 1962
Horwitz Double #09A July 1981
w/ The Savage Salome

New American Library
Signet Books
S1845  October 1960
S1845 October 1960 (Canada)
T5272 1972
Signet Double E9776 May 1981
w/ The Savage Salome

New English Library
Four Square Books
#604 1962

Note
Originally posted with slightly different content in May 2011
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Crime Fiction Alphabet 2013: The Letter C

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Apr 232013
 
I am back this year with the community meme Crime Fiction Alphabet 2013 from Kerry's Blog. The posts must be related to either the first letter of a book's title, the first letter of an author's first name, or the first letter of the author's surname, or even maybe a crime fiction "topic". But above all, it has to be crime fiction. This time around I will be doing a post on a Carter Brown title for each letter of the alphabet.


Carter Brown: C is for Catch Me A Phoenix!

Robert McGinnis Cover

When the breathtaking blonde with breathtaking ideas was sent to London to buy antiques, she took Danny Boyd along for protection. That was fine with Danny, until hot loot led him into double trouble that was almost too hot to handle....


How a tawny-eyed blonde...
A sizzling brunette....
A pair of priceless antiques....
Add up to murder.....

When Danny Boyd met a London bombshell who freewheeled a juggernaut through the quiet English countryside, he throught, "They don't speak Englsih in England!" She talked about ponces and birds, and skivvies, and layabouts, whatever they were! But then the hell-raking sensation took off her shiny leather skirt, she took off her black sweater, she stood there in her glistening black boots and black garters, and Danny, jet propelled, crashed through the language barrier!


It came to London via Bill Donavan. He invited a small select group to bid for it. They had nothing in common, except a seven figure bank account and the lust for the treasure. And they will stop at nothing to get it, well almost anything!

Various Other Covers


Tallinn Estonia (1994)

Antwerp Belgium (1982)

Finland (1967)

France (1966)

Germany (1967)
  Horwitz Publications
Numbered Series #124 1965
International Edition Series # 76 1972 
Horwitz/Signet Double Edition #4 1979

New American Library
Signet Books
D2637 February 1965
Q5910 1974
Horwitz/Signet Double Edition E8825 August 1979

New English Library
Four Square Books
#1416 January 1966
 
Note
This title was originally posted on April 25, 2011
Catch Me A Phoenix!

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The Sad-Eyed Seductress by Carter Brown

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Jan 012013
 
One look at her and Danny Boyd knew
A blonde with her kind of eyes
Would be murder!!!

Robert McGinnis Cover

Through the half-open bedroom door Danny Boyd glimpsed a gorgeous pair of legs. One neatly clad in sheer nylon and a high heeled shoe, the other naked and barefoot. He walked in and saw the blonde lying on the bed. She was everything the first tantalizing view had promised. Sultry. Seductive. Scintillating. And they were alone...together. Only one thing was wrong. Now he knew the reason for her one bare leg. Someone had wrapped the missing nylon tight around her pretty throat......

Printing History
Written by Alan G Yates (1926-1985)

New American Library
Signet Books
S2023 
November 1961

More covers and the original post from April 2011 below.
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The Savage Sisters by Carter Brown

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Nov 042012
 
"The Group" was a very private club.
But private eye Danny Boyd could join their fun
if he would play their game of sex, dollars, and death....


Orgy of Death
"The Group" was the swingingest bunch of millionaires who ever turned a dishonest dollar. Four business wheeler-dealers and four beautiful babes, playing fast and loose with love, loot, and life. Anyone who thought he could break up this gang had better watch out! Then buxom, blonde Erica Radcliffe decided she wanted out of the club, and hired private eye Danny Boyd to help her find an exit. But "The Group" insisted Danny join their fun instead. And before long, it looked like the only exit Danny could find would be the one all former members took, dark and cold and six feet under!


Printing History
Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

New American Library 
Signet Books

ISBN 451-Y6871
February 1976
 in association with Horwitz Publications, Inc

ISBN 451-AE2014
w/ The Sometime Wife
January 1983

Horwitz Publications 
Horwitz Group Books Pty, Ltd
Horwitz Grahame Books Pty, Ltd

Double Carter Brown Series
#16A
1982, 1983
w/The Sometime Wife
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House of Sorcery (Horwitz) by Carter Brown

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Sep 302012
 
Meet Maxine
A hot-blooded tycoon with a perfumed proposition for Danny Boyd,
a private eye who'll do almost anything for the sweet smell of success.


It was a game of dollars and scents with a curvy executive, a cheeky stripper, a string of hefty hanger-on who were playing double dirty. And a perfume formula stolen from House of Sorcery, Inc. It was worth millions, which were besides the point of Maxine Lord, who said she wanted to catch a thief. And called Danny Boyd into her boudoir to explain the problem. It was all there, for fun and profit, if Danny wanted to play by Maxine's rules.

Written by
Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Printing History
Horwitz Publications, Inc.
Numbered Series #139 (1967)
Printed in Hong Kong by Continental Printing Co Ltd
May 1968

Previous post from September 12th 2011 below
House of Sorcery 
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The Real Boyd by Carter Brown

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Aug 022012
 

The doorbell rang around ten the next morning when Danny Boyd was finishing his second cup of coffee. He opened the door cautiously and looked  into the eyes of Captain Schell. It's a kind of unnerving thing to do at anytime of the day or night and Danny's breakfast skittered around his stomach in a kind of unhinged reaction.

"Explanations" he said.

"I don't need any, Captain" Danny said quickly. "Anything you do is absolutely okay with me. Anything!"

"From you," he said quietly. "Please don't be cute, Boyd, or I will kick you in the crotch then book you for assaulting a police officer."

Printing History
Written by Allen G Yates

Castle Books
Distributed by Horwitz Grahame Books Pty Ltd
ISBN 7255 1736
copyright 1984
by agreement with Universal Copyright Company (1959)

Printed by The Dominion Press
Hedge & Bell
Maryborough Victoria 3465

Triva
Danny Boyd's final appearance 
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So Move The Body by Carter Brown

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Jun 112012
 
So Move The Body

Signet Edition

The Harassed Heiress
was a real knockout and was about to come into millions of cool cash. How could such a desirable and well endowed doll have any problems? Why had someone voted her "most likely murder victim of the year"? Danny Boyd didn't know the reason, but he was getting a fat retainer and a week as a way out house party to find out. So it was off to Santo Bahia, to be threatened by an apeman, madly pursued by the house nympho, and made the prime suspect in " the case of the roving beach body." Boyd couldn't understand how a seemingly simple case had turned into a jet-set hunt for the skeleton in the closet. With Danny 's frame being measured for its place on the rack.

Horwitz Edition


Printing History

Horwitz Group Books Pty Ltd
Horwitz Publications, Inc.
Numbered Series #175
Stag Publishing Co
ISBN 7255 0261
1973, 1979

New American Library
Signet Books
ISBN 451 T5704
December 1973

Trivia
The 1973 Horwtiz Edition was issued in August 1975.
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The Pipes Are Calling by Carter Brown

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Jun 032012
 
A jet-set beauty involves private eye Danny Boyd in her high-powered 
world of orgies, investments, and cold-blooded murder!


Corpse On A Chandelier
Private eye Danny Boyd and his beautiful buxom client Melanie Rigby walk right into a set up. The cabin was deserted, the lights were out, and Melanie's millionaire hubby was dangling above their heads with his throat slit. Boyd was not about to be the fall guy for anyone, especially when Melanie was ready to foot the bill if he could catch the killer. But in the tight-knit world of Santo Bahia's upper crust, pinning the knife blade on the murderer was no kid's game. Danny found his work really cut out for him when  he started playing hide-and-seek with the wealthiest people in town, but one orgy, kidnapping, and bed-to-bed leap later. Danny was almost convinced he had the killer. All he needed was a little more proof to slam the cell door on this stab-and-run artist. Unless his quarry twisted the knife into Danny first!


Printing History

Horwitz Publications
Horwitz Group Books Pty, Ltd.
Hong Kong B.C.C.

Horwitz Double Edition #17A (April 1983)

New American Library
Signet Books
In association with Horwitz Publications
ISBN 451 Y7182
October 1976

w/The Early Boyd
in association with Horwitz Grahame Publications
ISBN 451 AE2073
February 1983

Trivia
This title was not published in Australia until 1983.
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