If Rick Holman's idea of a chaperone to keep The Girl from Outer Space in strict orbit was some flat-chested, middle-aged relic of the past, he was about a million light years off!
For Kathy Frick, chaperone, was a pagan-looking blonde - anything but flat-chested, and with the most sensual upper lip Rick had ever seen.
Kathy was girl of many talents, none of which included chaperoning. Naturally, she flubbed the job she was hired for. Naturally, The Girl from Outer Space got away. And naturally, Rick Holman has a helluva new challenge on his hands!
My review:
First published in 1966, this Rick Holman mystery is a lot of fun to read and is one of the better books written by pulp author Carter Brown (pseudonym of the prolific Alan Yates).
The private eye to the stars, Rick Holman, has his hands full with a missing starlet who has disappeared shortly after signing a major studio contract. As with any Carter Brown book, nothing is simple and the case of the missing starlet (sounds like a Perry Mason novel) quickly escalates into a globe totting sojourn which Holman barely survives.
Bullets, broads, deceit and death echo from the pages in one of the more deeper stories in the Holman cannon.
From the stock standard P.I for hire opening to the great unveil, the formulaic mystery follows the tried and true narrative of dime-store pulps yet deviates from the stereotypical with an evolving plot that is sure to keep readers guessing.
My rating: 5/5 stars. Right up there with The Scarlet Flush (1963) and So, What Killed The Vampire (1966) as my favorite Carter Brown books.
You can read my review of The Scarlet Flush by clicking on the link below:
Pick Up A Pulp [14]: The Scarlet Flush by Carter Brown
You can read my review of The Scarlet Flush by clicking on the link below:
Pick Up A Pulp [14]: The Scarlet Flush by Carter Brown
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