Ice Cold in Ermine by Carter Brown

"So you spy a redhead whose plans are strictly under cover- brother, she's redhot for murder...."

Horwitz Edition

 In case you have forgotten, the name is Barney Blaine, secret agent whose hobby is racing cars and..... Did he say hobby? Well meet Hauptman Special, the racing car that kills! And Barney is supposed to drive it in the San Altorio road race. That is his cover to untangle an international undercover racket. First off he meets Nicky Lazar, ex syndicate big shot. Then Anna Kristani, the women who had hotted up the lives of the Soviet leaders. And last, but hardly least if one counts her vital statistics, a dizzy dame called Julie Adams, the world's most dangerous female driver! And then Barney stumbles on murder! But one murder leads to another, so maybe that's why he is looking down the barrel of a snub nosed automatic right now.

Printing History

Horwitz Publications Inc.

Numbered Series #55 (1958)

Second Collectors' Series Vol 2 #3 (1959)

w/Sweetie, You Slay Me! (Sweetheart You Slay Me)

Trivia

Barney was introduced in Madame, You’re Mayhem (1957) Numbered Series #44

Madam You're Mayhem by Carter Brown

1957 Horwitz Edition

Racing is the name of the game in this Carter Brown novel from Horwitz Publications in 1957. The main character is Barney Blaine and he is racing in the Carrera Panamericana as a cover for an assignment. Barney was to go to Mexico to play secret agent. It seems a person by the name of Janet Loos was in Mexico City for a couple of months and was on to something, then disappears. Janet found a dancer by the name of Carmen Esteros and she was going to lead her to something.Fellow resident agent, Jimmy Gibson was to make inquires until her turned up dead. Barney is paired up with female racer Julie Adams. Mr Blaine spent his six week vacation last year while racing in the Mille Migla while in Europe. There seems to be a twist or two in the works as Barney works his was through the assignment. Madam You're Mayhem is the 44th entry in the Numbered Series. Barney Blaine may or may not have appeared before this title as the book hints at a previous story.