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Gil Brewer


(Gilbert Brewer)
USA flag (1921 - 1983)

aka Al Conroy, Elaine Evans

Florida writer Gil Brewer was the author of dozens of wonderfully sleazy sex/crime adventure novels of the 1950's and 60's, including Backwoods Teaser and Nude on Thin Ice; some of them starring private eye Lee Baron (Wild) or the brothers Sam and Tate Morgan (The Bitch) . Gil Brewer, who had not previously published any novels, began to write for Gold Medal Paperbacks in 1950-51. Brewer wrote some 30 novels between 1951 and the late 60s - very often involving an ordinary man who becomes involved with, and is often corrupted and destroyed by, an evil or designing woman. His style is simple and direct, with sharp dialogue, often achieving considerable intensity.

Brewer was one of the many writers who ghost wrote under the Ellery Queen byline as well. Brewer also was known as Eric Fitzgerald, Bailey Morgan, and Elaine Evans.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
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Novels
   13 French Street (1951)
   Flight to Darkness (1952)
   Hell's Our Destination (1953)
   A Killer Is Loose (1954)
   Some Must Die (1954)
   77 Rue Paradis (1955)
   The Angry Dream (1957)
     aka The Girl from Hateville
   The Brat (1957)
   The Young Punks (1957)
   Red Scarf (1958)
   The Vengeful Virgin (1958)
   Angel (1960)
   Nude on Thin Ice (1960)
   The Three-Way Split (1961)
   Appointment in Hell (1961)
   Memory of Passion (1962)
   Play It Hard (1964)
   The Tease (1967)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   It's Always Too Late (1951)
   I Saw Her Die (1955)
   Don't Do That (1955)
   My Lady Is a Tramp (1955)
   Cut Bait (1956)
   Fog (1956)
   Matinee (1956)
   Renegade (1956)
   Somebody Knew Her (1956)
   Whiskey (1956)
   The Axe is Ready (1956)
   Mow the Green Grass (1956)
   Home (1956)
   On a Sunday Afternoon (1957)
   Smelling Like a Rose (1957)
   Death of a Prowler (1958)
   Harlot House (1959)
   Bothered (2019)
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