Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Costaine & McCall books by Neil MacNeil (W.T. Ballard)


I sought out this series back in the '80s, when I was amassing books by Black Mask writers, but when I finally got around to reading it (last year) I found I was missing Mexican Slay Ride. So a few weeks ago, when Emperor Emeritus of the Universe Art Scott was heading for the Los Angeles Paperback Show, I asked him to be on the lookout for it. Instead, he promptly sent me the primo copy shown below, from own private archives. Thanks, Emp!

I reviewed the first two books HERE and HERE, with more coming soon.






5 comments:

  1. I have them all except Slay Ride and Spy Catchers. Way to go completing the series.

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  2. All the credit goes to the EEOTU. If you haven't read yours, you oughta.

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  3. God, I love everything about that "Hot Dam" cover. If is just about the perfect book cover that I would have died for when I was about 13 years old.

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  4. That cover is even better in person, Sam. That one detail is much clearer.

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  5. A great series that ended because an editor didn't like the authors nom de plume

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