Gil Brewer
26 кн.
Chandler, on a week-long break from school, has an awkward homecoming. To clear his head, he takes an aimless walk. However, he has forgotten the nature of his hometown and ends up in a diner, where he is nearly beat up for being black in a white neighborhood.<P> <P>In typical Gil Brewer fashion, that's just the start of his gritty, relentless downward spiral…
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Danny's older brother, Tad, had a knack for showing up at just the right moment to stop him from doing things that would get him in trouble with the law. But with Tad in prison and a beautiful dame whispering criminal thoughts in his ear, Danny is sorely tempted to pull the robbery job of his life…
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When Jim comes home early, he finds a man sneaking out the back door of his house. Of course, being the jealous type, he can't help but take his revenge, and in typical Gil Brewer style, things spiral out of control from there.
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Harvey Caldwell's wife, Millie, is constantly nagging him to make more money. She never dreamedl his new career choice would be bank robber!
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The right bait is the key to good fishing. But back-seat fishing can get you in trouble!
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Gil Brewer's psychological deconstruction of a dysfunctional suburban family when they are faced with crime. Contains rape and adult themes. [Originally published in 1957.]
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Joe Morley is fond of watching Miriam sunbathe nude (behind a screen). Unfortunately, she is the wife of the bank robber Frank Garret. Complicating matters, a contract hitman is looking for Garret, who has double-crossed his employer on a bank job…
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Mel and Rose Hopkins live in a rundown neighborhood. When Rose gets an obscene phone call, Mel begins to obsess about it being a neighbor. Good thing they have a cop on their beat!
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An unfaithful husband finds much more than he bargained for when he tangles with a prowler.
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Crattock strained against the ropes binding his wrists behind the chair. He cursed his brother, who breathed harshly as he lashed Crattock’s legs to the chair, knotting the biting hemp. “I won’t stay tied forever, Mel,” Crattock said, “I’ll kill you for this.”
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Carmoody looked down again at the slack and awkwardly positioned nude body of the young girl lying on the kitchen floor of No. 5, Gulf-ways Motel. Nice figure, dusty black hair in sharp contrast against the white tile floor, dark blue eyes that were half-lidded and glaring in the lamplight. Her throat was cut. <P> A noir mystery classic originally published in 1956!
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Kenneth was just a kid. He didn't understand why everyone hated him so much…
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What makes a stalker? And what happens when a perfectly respectable man becomes obsessed with the girl across the street? A noir crime story, orginally published in the April 1956 issue of MANHUNT magazine, as only Gil Brewer could tell it!
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Prissy Baxter inherited a lot of money when her husband died. She keeps her sister, Liz, on a tight allowance – but Prissy's will says if Liz is married to Prissy's approval when Prissy dies, then Liz will inherits. However, if Liz is single or married to someone Prissy doens't approve of, then all the money goes to charity… Is it recipe for murder – or worse?
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Caffery was tired. He was beat. There were a lot of ragged years strung out behind him, and they all amounted to nothing. There was only the one way left to make it, and he was worn out trying. It was a rough program; a caper that had frayed the last of his nerves, ruined what was left of his digestion, weakened his heart, and helped bring back the old migraine of his youthful mob days until sometimes he thought he would flip his curly auburn-wigged lid.<P> Only eight hundred thousand...
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He moved through the town, harassing and assessing his prospects. He would be forced to kill this night. Because his urges couldn't be stopped. One of Gil Brewer's creepiest noir tales.
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When Renick is wounded in a drive-by shooting, the people around him stop to try to help. But one may be a little too helpful…
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Harley had had it up to there with his neighbor borrowing things. The lawn mower was the straw that broke the camel's back.<P> A rare short story by Gil Brewer!
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Classic mystery story by Gil Brewer. Shortly after going AWOL from the Navy, Al York find his wife completely changed: she has started drinking, he knows she's having an affair, she is clear that she doesn't really want to be with him any more. Jack pays a street thug, Bart Snyder to check up on Nina's supposed lover, Errol Trout. And that's where the trouble starts…
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Grisson, Halliwell, and Dibble are cops in their station when Marvin Hewitt walks in, wondering whom to talk to about witnessing a murder. Hewitt is a landscaper, working on a new development; he claims to have witnessed a murder in one of the houses. However, he has great amount of trouble telling his story…
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