William Campbell Gault Books In Order

Joe Puma Books In Order

Shakedown (1953)
Don’t Call Tonight (1960)
Night lady (1960)
The Wayward Widow (1960)
Sweet Wild Wench (1961)
Million Dollar Tramp (1962)
The Hundred-Dollar Girl (1963)

Brock (the Rock) Callahan Books In Order

Ring around Rosa (1955)
The Convertible Hearse (1958)
Day of the Ram (1958)
Come Die With Me (1961)
Vein of Violence (1962)
County Kill (1963)
Dead Hero (1964)
The Bad Samaritan (1980)
The Cana Diversion (1982)
Death in Donegal Bay (1984)
The Dead Seed (1984)
The Chicano War (1986)
Cat and Mouse (1988)
Dead Pigeon (1992)

Novels

Don’t Cry for Me (1952)
The Bloodstained Bokhara (1953)
The Bloody Bokhara (1953)
The Canvas Coffin (1953)
Blood On the Boards (1954)
Run, Killer, Run (1955)
Fair Prey (1956)
Square in the Middle (1957)
Death Out of Focus (1959)
Quarterback Gamble (1970)
Checkered Flag (1971)
Dirt Track Summer (1971)
Thunder Road (1971)
Wild Willie, Wide Receiver (1974)
Gasoline Cowboy (1974)
Showboat in the Backcourt (1976)
Cut-Rate Quarterback (1977)
Thin Ice (1978)
The Sunday Cycles (1979)
Super Bowl Bound (1980)

Collections

Marksman and Other Stories (2003)

Novellas

The Mighty Dead (2010)

Joe Puma Book Covers

Brock (the Rock) Callahan Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Collections Book Covers

Marksman and Other Stories
(2003)

Novellas Book Covers

The Mighty Dead
(2010)

William Campbell Gault Books Overview

Wild Willie, Wide Receiver

Skeptical at first about the flashy black rookie receiver on his team, an NFL coach revises his opinion as the team’s long struggle toward the Super Bowl progresses.

Gasoline Cowboy

Passionate about racing, a youth travels the National Circuit participating in motorcycle competitions.

Showboat in the Backcourt

From high school through college and to the pro championship, two friends, one white and one black, stick together on the basketball court.

William Campbell Gault won the Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America and the Life Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, but Marksman is the first collection of his extraordinary short stories from the pulps and from great digest magazines including Manhunt. The collection begins with six non series tales showing the range of Gault’s approach to the mystery story, and continues with the entire short story career of private eye Joe Puma. The stories are not only fast paced and colorful, but as the editor, Bill Pronzini, puts it in his introduction, they are filled with ‘finely tuned dialogue, wry humor, sharp social observation, a vivid evocation of both upper class and bottom feeder lifestyles, and most importantly, the portrayal of people, in Fredric Brown s words, so real and vivid that you ll think you know them personally.’ The sixth in the Lost Classics series concludes with an affectionate reminiscence of her father by Shelley Gault. The cover painting is by Tom Roberts, one of the finest of the neo pulp artists, combining the pulp emphasis on action and menace with modern detailed realism. William Campbell Gault won the Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America and the Life Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, but Marksman is the first collection of his extraordinary short stories from the pulps and from great digest magazines including Manhunt. The collection begins with six non series tales showing the range of Gault s approach to the mystery story, and continues with the entire short story career of private eye Joe Puma. The stories are not only fast paced and colorful, but as the editor, Bill Pronzini, puts it in his introduction, they are filled with ‘finely tuned dialogue, wry humor, sharp social observation, a vivid evocation of both upper class and bottom feeder lifestyles, and most importantly, the portrayal of people, in Fredric Brown s words, so real and vivid that you ll think you know them personally.’ The sixth in the Lost Classics series concludes with an affectionate reminiscence of her father by Shelley Gault. The cover painting is by Tom Roberts, one of the finest of the neo pulp artists, combining the pulp emphasis on action and menace with modern detailed realism.