5th Anniversary

Today marks this blogs 5th anniversary 

This year, instead of rehashing the two book titles that got me started enjoying reading mysteries and spy stories. I will highlight the introduction of the characters of my favorite author, Mr Carter Brown. He brought into the world numerous characters with his stories and novelettes. He would settle on a handful of reoccurring characters, seven to be exact. His most famous would be Police Lieutenant Al Wheeler, in which he would appear from 1955 until 1984.
 

Al Wheeler (1955-1984)

Police Lieutenant in Pine City California

Danny Boyd (1957-1984)

New York City Private Eye that moves to California later in the series

Rick Holman (1961-1984)

Hollywood Trouble Shooter

Mavis Seidlitz (1955-1974)

 Blonde private investigator with Gracie Allen tendencies

 Randal Robert (1971-1976)

Lawyer 

Paul Donovan (1974-1979)

Millionaire Adventurer 

Larry Baker (1955-1975)

TV Gag Writer with his partner Boris Sivka

Off to another year

Donavan's Day by Carter Brown

Death's Head

It looked like a plain brown package, but what it contained was more explosive than a bomb. Either someone had a bizarre sense of humor, or they just liked to send Paul Donavan, international playboy and meddler in revolutions, the gruesomely grimacing heads of hired terrorists. But Paul was not going to sit around waiting for the next shipment of corpses. Especially when a wealthy brunette beauty volunteered to help him dispose of the terrorists, heads and all. So Donavan, along with two buxom babes and a well trained muscle man, decided to pay the kingpin of killers a surprise visit. be he didn't know who the real kingpin was. And if he did not find out fast, Paul could really lose his head....!

 Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1922-1985)

copyright 1975
Horwitz Group Books Pty Ltd
Hong Kong

Horwitz Publications Inc
1976

New American Library
Signet Books
ISBN 451 Y6716

 October 1975

Donavan's Delight by Carter Brown

Welcome to the Major's,

Where the super-rich 

Sometimes end up dead!

Expensive Tastes

Life had been good for Paul Donavan. Not yet 40, he was handsome and rich, super-rich, in fact. But the pace was beginning to tell, and Paul decided to head for as quiet vacation.

What He Found Was Another Story!

Nestled among the ivy-covered manor house, Donavan discovered the kinkiest brothel in England and a blackmailing operation that threatened some of the most powerful men in Europe, including Donavan himself!

Printing History

Written by Allan G Yates

Horwitz Publications

Horwitz Group Books Pty Limited

Bucks Books

Published in Hong Kong 1979

Tower Publications Inc

Belmont Tower Books

ISBN 505-51382

1979

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Corgi Books

ISBN 552-11154

1979

Printed by

Offset Paperback Mfrs, Inc

Dallas, Pennsylvania USA

Chinese Donavan by Carter Brown

Donavan was playing with cloaks and daggers, broads and bodies, in an international gambit where the payoff was millions, or a cold , cold grave....

Signet Photo Cover

Dead Donavans tell no tales!

International playboy Paul Donavan and his loyal butler-bodyguard Hicks were in Hong Kong because of an S.O.S. from an old friend, Pat Delaney. Then Pat turned up dead and his lovely mistress put herself in Donavan's protective roving hands, and suddenly Paul was involved in a game of hide-and-seek with three gun-toting, explosives-setting syndicates that would rather see him eliminated than taking up where Pat left off. At a time like that there was only one thing to do. Get out of town on a Chinese junk. But after a slow trip on a safe boat, complete with wine, women, and weapons, Donavan knew he had to quit philandering and come ashore firing, or risk one of the big three blowing up his future with one big boom....!

Horwitz Photo Cover

Printing History

Horwitz Group Books Pty. Limited

Hong Kong

Horwitz Publications

Numbered Series #179

ISBN 7255 0381 (1976)

New American Library

Signet Books

ISBN 451 Y7122

August 1976

Donavan by Carter Brown

The sensational crime fighter who only surrenders to sex....

Signet Photo Cover

Gunning For Action

When a voluptuous brunette beauty named Moira came begging for help. Paul Donavan figured he was onto a good thing. But when someone started taking shots at him every time he was with her. Paul began to wonder if Moira was worth it.

Horwitz Photo Cover

For Moira spelled death and the corpses were piling up at Donavan's feet. Moira meant paid assassins who had killed her brother and were ready to set their sights on Paul Donavan if the price was right.

Printing History

Horwitz Publications Inc

Numbered Series #173 (1974)

ISBN 7255 0246

New American Library

Signet Books

Q6033 (August 1974)