Night Hunter 6: The Labyrinth by Robert Faulcon

Night Hunter 6
The Labyrinth
by Robert Faulcon
1988, Charter Books

Dan Brady finds his kids. A good chunk of the book involves his son attempting to escape captivity from a country estate with not quite the terror and suspense of the Rescuers, the rest is Dan running around a small town and just bumping into things. Arachne started out as a massive occult conspiracy and by the end it's pretty much one guy, with more members of Arachne helping Brady than opposing him.

It's usually nice to have a series wrap up, but the ending was rushed and unsatisfying. Easily the weakest of the series.

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Larry Kent 640: Naked Curse by Don Haring

Larry Kent 640
Naked Curse
by Don Haring
1966, Cleveland

Larry Kent started life as an Australian radio show I Hate Crime as a competitor to Carter Brown. Kent is hired to scare off a stalker, pay off a blackmailer, and find a missing son, only to find each client belongs to the same family.

Better than average plotting and better action scenes than most PI novels, with a decent body count. Despite the saucy covers this was less suggestive than a Carter Brown from previous decades, like it was a fade-to-black scene with a couple extra sentences removed on either side.

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Conan the Champion by John Maddox Roberts

Conan the Champion 
by John Maddox Roberts
1987 Tor

Conan joins the service of a Northern Queen. He rescues her from another dimension in time to defend against attacks by two other nations. Equal parts monster fighting and strategic warfare.

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Blood and Honour by Wolf Kruger

Blood and Honour
by Wolf Kruger
1981, Robert Hale Limited

Sergeant Herzog is a German soldier court martialed and sent to the Eastern Front for refusing to wear his Iron Cross. He received the cross for massacring helpless civilians and refuses to wear it until he thinks he earns it. Herzog is a man of principle - not principled enough to not massacre civilians or stop fighting for Hitler, but principled enough to grumble about it.

The book alternates between frontline battles and officials yelling at each other. It takes over half the book to settle into a typical squad based war novel. The most notable characters are a katana swinging Japanese soldier speaking broken English and a chronic masturbator.

Hutson saves up for the final battle, a massacre in a Russian churchyard, which plays out like a Peckinpah film. It's listed as part of a series, but this first installment is set after the others with different characters.

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The Bartender 1: Highballs and High Kicks by R.J. Calder

The Bartender 1
Highballs and Highkicks
by R.J. Calder
2023, Point of Impact Publishing

Tough gal Brodie goes undercover as a bartender at a cover for an underground fight club to avenge a dead friend. Quick and brutal action, more good stuff from Point of Impact.

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