Easily my favorite mysteries by Carter Brown are those starring Lieutenant Al Wheeler, “temporarily” attached to the office of Sheriff Lavers. In Until Temptation Do Us Part, as so often happens, Wheeler is summoned in the middle of the night to the scene of a murder. The victim is a local real estate magnate at …
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Alex Cord is a recovering alcoholic archaeologist excavating Etruscan tombs when a killer begins attacking people in some way tied to the dig, or to the family of an eccentric composer (John Marley) whose household includes the archaeologist’s former lover (Samantha Eggar). The movie is rather slow going in the middle, with weird behavior piled …
Lance Kilkenny may have finally found a home, in a remote valley in the mountains, but when a land-grabbing cattleman threatens all the little spreads in the area, including that run by the woman he loves, the tired gunfighter must once again take up arms and bring the fight to the oppressor. The final Kilkenny …
In The Big Steal, Joan Graham (Jane Greer) is after her fiancé, Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles), who skipped to Mexico with $2,000, ends up involved with Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) who is seeking the fugitive as well, for a much bigger sum stolen in a payroll heist. Halliday in turn is being pursued by his …
In War of the Planets (original title: I diafanoidi vengono da Marte), gaseous green aliens attack Earth’s space stations and take possession of some of the crews, using them as hosts united with the alien intelligence. It’s up to one maverick captain and a few colleagues to try to end this menace after most conventional …
In Underground Rustlers, the Federal government calls on the Range Busters to foil a plot to steal western gold and enable the cornering of the gold market. Alibi gets a fair amount to do in this one, working undercover as a traveling salesman, while Crash and Dusty operate in the open as government agents trying …
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The Hobbyline passenger car “Morrisville” was one of three streamline cars in a group that also included the “Trenton” and the observation car “Yardley.” Hobbyline trains were produced by the John English company, which was based in Yardley and Morrisville, Pennsylvania, during the 1950s.
Welcome to The Lure of the Dim Trails, named after a 1907 western authored by B. M. Bower and illustrated by the superlative Charles M. Russell; indeed, the header image above is taken from the frontispiece Russell provided for the novel. In the posts to come, you will find comments on books, movies, and magazines, …
