A mild-mannered scientist turns into a mad bomber, leaving Longarm to find out what's going on. They say nitroglycerine's unstable, but the Mad Bomber hasn't dealt with anyone half as explosive as... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I don't know whether or not there is a real Tabor Evans, the alleged author of the Longarm Westerns. I doubt that a real person would allow his name to be placed on some of the truly horrible books in the Longarm series. Fortunately for Western readers, there are some excellent books in the series, and Mad Bomber's Bride is one of the good ones. Deputy Marshal Custis Long is sent to New Mexico to track down and arrest a former college professor and Confederate explosive expert who has sent written threats to all sorts of government officials. The authors who write the good Longarm books usually mix history and science in with the gunfights and sex. Chemistry has little interest for me, but I skimmed through the chemistry lessons and thoroughly enjoyed the rest of this book.
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