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Carter Brown (1923–1985)

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Carter Brown, the pseudonym of Alan Geoffrey Yates, was born in London and educated at schools in Essex. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the Royal Navy as a lieutenant. After the war he worked as a sound recordist at Gaumont-British Films for two years and then moved to Australia in 1948.That same mehr anzeigen year he became an Australian citizen. Before deciding to write exclusively in 1953, he was a salesman in Sydney and a public relations staff member at Quatas Empire Airways. His early books were intended for Australian audiences, but when the Carter Brown series was picked up by the New American Library, he was discovered by Americans. Yates wrote crime, horror stories, and westerns under the pen name of Tex Conrad. For the magazine Thrills Incorporated he co-wrote tales with G.C. Bleek, but his major work in science fiction was Coriolanus The Chariot!, a story about illusions, paranoia, and a toxic game. Soon Yates started to concentrate on crime fiction, producing a flood of books: in 1953 he published Venus Unarmed, The Lady Is Chased, The Frame Is Beautiful, Fraulein Is Female, Wreath for Rebecca, The Black Widow, Weeps, and The Penhouse Passout. In 1958 he published a novel under his own name, The Cold, Dark Hours, and in 1966 he penned the first novels written as Caroline Farr. Under the name Carter Brown, Yates wrote about 150 crime stories. His last books appeared in the early 1980s. He died on May 5, 1985. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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(eng) Carter Brown is a pseudonym for Allan Geoffrey Yates. He also wrote as Caroline Farr, Tom Conway, Tex Conrad and Paul Valdez.

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The Blonde (1955) 23 Exemplare
Angel (1962) 23 Exemplare
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Tanz in den Tod (1964) 22 Exemplare
The Passionate (1959) 22 Exemplare
The Girl From Outer Space (1965) 22 Exemplare
The Plush-Lined Coffin (1967) 22 Exemplare
Had I But Groaned (1968) 22 Exemplare
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Until Temptation Do Us Part (1967) 21 Exemplare
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Gift und Geld (1960) 20 Exemplare
Murderer among Us (1728) 20 Exemplare
Lament for a Lousy Lover (1960) 20 Exemplare
The Dumdum Murder (1962) 20 Exemplare
Murder in the Key Club (1962) 20 Exemplare
The Mini Murders (1968) 19 Exemplare
Play Now...Kill Later (1966) 19 Exemplare
Das Band spricht Bände (1969) 19 Exemplare
Hulamädchen auf Abwegen. (1960) 19 Exemplare
The Loving and the Dead (1959) 19 Exemplare
The Velvet Vixen (1964) 19 Exemplare
Der Mann in Karton (1961) 19 Exemplare
No Blonde Is an Island (1965) 19 Exemplare
Blonde Engel sind gefährlich (1961) 19 Exemplare
The Girl Who Was Possessed (1963) 18 Exemplare
The Corpse (1958) 18 Exemplare
Al Wheeler und die Callgirls (1971) 18 Exemplare
Tomorrow Is Murder (1960) 18 Exemplare
The Tigress (1961) 18 Exemplare
Ermorden Sie ihn unauffällig (1963) 18 Exemplare
Insel des Todes (1962) 18 Exemplare
Vom Alptraum Verfolgt (1963) 18 Exemplare
Leiche oben ohne. (1966) 18 Exemplare
Mistress (1959) 18 Exemplare
The Bump and Grind Murders (1964) 17 Exemplare
The Up-Tight Blonde (1969) 17 Exemplare
The Lover (1958) 17 Exemplare
The Wanton (1959) 17 Exemplare
Immer eine Frau auf Eis (1965) 17 Exemplare
Die Anytime, After Tuesday! (1969) 17 Exemplare
Täglich frische Leichen (1959) 16 Exemplare
Nude with a View (1965) 16 Exemplare
The Flagellator (1969) 16 Exemplare
No Tears from the Widow (1966) 16 Exemplare
Zero kommt gleich (1963) 16 Exemplare
The Unorthodox Corpse (1959) 16 Exemplare
Murder Is a Package Deal (1964) 16 Exemplare
Hölle mit Vollpension. (1970) 16 Exemplare
Plötzlich durch Gewalt (1959) 15 Exemplare
The Stripper (1961) 15 Exemplare
The Victim (1959) 15 Exemplare
The Deep Cold Green (1968) 15 Exemplare
Long Time No Leola (1967) 15 Exemplare
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The hammer of Thor (1965) 14 Exemplare
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The Jade-Eyed Jungle (1963) 13 Exemplare
Der weisse Bikini (1963) 13 Exemplare
The Coffin Bird (1970) 13 Exemplare
The Deadly Kitten (1967) 13 Exemplare
The Angry Amazons (1972) 12 Exemplare
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Death to a Downbeat (1980) 12 Exemplare
The Seven Sirens (1972) 12 Exemplare
Model for Murder (1981) 12 Exemplare
Murder in the Family Way (1970) 12 Exemplare
The Rip-Off (1978) 12 Exemplare
Target for Their Dark Desire (1965) 12 Exemplare
A Good Year for Dwarfs? (1970) 12 Exemplare
The Strawberry-Blonde Jungle (1978) 11 Exemplare
The Clown (1972) 11 Exemplare
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So Move the Body (1973) 11 Exemplare
Scharfe Sachen für die Diva. (1979) 11 Exemplare
The Aseptic Murders (1972) 11 Exemplare
W.H.O.R.E.! (1972) 11 Exemplare
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The Swingers (1980) 6 Exemplare
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Chinese Donavan (1978) 5 Exemplare
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The cold dark hours 3 Exemplare
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The Witches (1969) 3 Exemplare
Wayward Wahine (1960) 3 Exemplare
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Myopic Mermaid (1978) 2 Exemplare
Savage Sisters (1976) 2 Exemplare
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The Real Boyd (1983) 2 Exemplare
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Booty For a Babe 1 Exemplar
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Die Erroresserin 1 Exemplar
Farlig å drømme 1 Exemplar
Meurtres aseptiques (1972) 1 Exemplar
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Ice Cold in Ermine 1 Exemplar
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Luck Was No Lady (1958) 1 Exemplar
Wreath for a Redhead (1957) 1 Exemplar
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Chorine Makes a Killing (2020) 1 Exemplar
Sinner You Slay Me 1 Exemplar
Seven Sirens (1972) 1 Exemplar
Streaked-Blond Slave (1969) 1 Exemplar
Lead Astray 1 Exemplar
So Deadly, Sinner! 1 Exemplar
Lipstick Larceny 1 Exemplar
The Seductress 1 Exemplar
Maid for Murder 1 Exemplar
Hi-Jack for Jill 1 Exemplar
Tempt a Tigress 1 Exemplar
Delilah was Deadly (1956) 1 Exemplar
Miss Called Murder 1 Exemplar
Model of No Virtue 1 Exemplar
Hi-Fi Fadeout 1 Exemplar
Sinfully Yours 1 Exemplar
Widow Bewitched 1 Exemplar

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Wissenswertes

Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Brown, Carter
Rechtmäßiger Name
Yates, Allan Geoffrey
Andere Namen
Conway, Tom
Farr, Caroline
Valdez, Paul
Brown, Carter
Geburtstag
1923
Todestag
1985-05-05
Begräbnisort
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens, North Ride, N.S.W. Australia
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
Australien
Geburtsort
England, UK
Sterbeort
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Todesursache
chronic obstructive airways disease
Wohnorte
London, England, UK
Sydney, New South Wales, Australien
Berufe
sound recordist
salesman
public relations
film technician
writer
Organisationen
Royal Navy (WWII)
Preise und Auszeichnungen
1997 Ned Kelly Award
Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
Carter Brown is a pseudonym for Allan Geoffrey Yates. He also wrote as Caroline Farr, Tom Conway, Tex Conrad and Paul Valdez.

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Well, I was looking for mid-century sleaze (i.e. a potboiler, maybe porn) and I found it (not the porn). This one is a straight detective tale where the schlubby detective is surrounded by sexy, young, voluptuous women (all the female characters in this novel are of this description) who mostly want to jump his bones for no real reason, well, one has a reason, but its plot-centric. It does have a healthy dose of male-fantasy/borderline misogyny throughout and any chance to objectify the female characters (there are no real characters here besides the wisecracking detective btw) is taken by the author, which I find funny more than offensive because it was so frequent from beginning to end. Essentially, all the women are diluted femme fatales. The promise of the involvement of an occult and/or supernatural center in the mystery made by the cover and blurbs only exists to be explained away by the end but a “satanic ceremony” is fitted into the story. Brownie points scored there, I guess.
The singer was wearing a turquoise silk-knit suit that emphasized the deep thrust of her breasts and the full curve of her hips. Her midnight-blue hair cascaded over her shoulders wildly, and her big green eyes shone with a kind of luminous passion. [pg.47]
The points this novel scores were that it was a quick and easy read, the male gaze in this book was so intense as to become comedic, the mystery is not a very good one (it is pretty obvious who the bad players are as soon as you meet them), and I found the era of its setting, at least in my head, added to the kitschiness of the story. I also enjoyed that there were some traditional detective genre fisticuffs and gunplay. The story became as sexually stimulating as possible without crossing the line into sex when the story would otherwise get boring or when the opportunity arose. All-in-all I would recommend this one if you’re in the mood for a sleazy detective story.
“Okay, Poopsie.” She sauntered out of the room and the close-up view of her undulating bikinied bottom was an erotic symphony all by itself. [pg. 122]
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