Gil Brewer Books In Order

Flight to Darkness

Eric Garth is a Korean War veteran who has spent the last several months of his life in a psychiatric ward. There, he becomes romantically involved with a nurse named Leda, who seems to have more than just a passing interest in the inheritance that Eric is due to receive once his ill mother pas*ses. When Eric is fingered for a brutal murder, an incident that he doesn’t remember happening, he begins doubting his own sanity. Is he a delusional killer, or has he been set-up?

The Vengeful Virgin

Eighteen year old Shirley Angela conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy, dying stepfather and steal his money, a scheme that turns disastrous when jealousy and betrayal come into play.

Wild to Possess / A Taste for Sin

Two brisk paced noirs from the golden age of the paperback, originally published 1959 and 1961.

Devil for O’Shaugnessy / The Three-Way Split

A DEVIL FOR O’SHAUGNESSY Tolbert O’Shaughnessy has been working the short con for years. He’s not very good at it he’s a grifter with a conscience, a terrible combination. Just the thought of bilking old ladies out of their life savings sends him to the brandy bottle to ease his pain. But Miriam has a con that’s worth too much money to ignore. Her cousin, Joseph Lancaster, has been away for years, and she has found out that he died in England. Their rich grandmother doted on Joseph, but doesn’t know about his death. All Tolbert has to do is convince Grandma that he’s Joseph returned, quietly smother her in her sleep, and the inheritance will be theirs. A fine plan if Tolbert can keep his conscience from getting in the way!

THE THREE WAY SPLIT Jack Holland needs a break. His girl Sally is pressuring him to get a real job. His freeloading old man, Sam, is coming to visit indefinitely. He needs dough. While taking some obnoxious tourists out in his boat one afternoon, he has to dive overboard to retrieve a tossed necklace, and discovers an old sunken ship instead. Could there be treasure inside? This could be the chance he’s been looking for. But then some killers come to town looking to settle a debt with Sam, and things get complicated. And soon it’s a race against time to see who gets the treasure first.

It’s Always Too Late

A DEVIL FOR O’SHAUGNESSY Tolbert O’Shaughnessy has been working the short con for years. He’s not very good at it he’s a grifter with a conscience, a terrible combination. Just the thought of bilking old ladies out of their life savings sends him to the brandy bottle to ease his pain. But Miriam has a con that’s worth too much money to ignore. Her cousin, Joseph Lancaster, has been away for years, and she has found out that he died in England. Their rich grandmother doted on Joseph, but doesn’t know about his death. All Tolbert has to do is convince Grandma that he’s Joseph returned, quietly smother her in her sleep, and the inheritance will be theirs. A fine plan if Tolbert can keep his conscience from getting in the way!

THE THREE WAY SPLIT Jack Holland needs a break. His girl Sally is pressuring him to get a real job. His freeloading old man, Sam, is coming to visit indefinitely. He needs dough. While taking some obnoxious tourists out in his boat one afternoon, he has to dive overboard to retrieve a tossed necklace, and discovers an old sunken ship instead. Could there be treasure inside? This could be the chance he’s been looking for. But then some killers come to town looking to settle a debt with Sam, and things get complicated. And soon it’s a race against time to see who gets the treasure first.