Tuesday, May 23, 2023

PaperBack: “Joy Ride”

Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider.



Joy Ride, by Inge Carnelle (Bee-Line, 1967). This was the second spy-sleaze novel to star Jane Blond, a rather kooky agent with B.U.S.T. (Bureau of Underground Spying and Treachery), whose code name was 40-27-40—“easy for everyone to remember, because that is also her dimensions,” recalls the Web site Spy Guys and Gals. “She is an agent who is willing to give her all for each mission. And give it again and again. And then look for more chances to give it. The woman likes giving. She also likes having it given to her, assuming she can remember to disconnect her booby-trapped underwear …”

Cover illustration by Robert Maguire.

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