Death Comes Last: The Rest of the 1950s

by Gil Brewer, David Rachels (Editor)

Taken together, Death Comes Last and the expanded Redheads Die Quickly contain all of Brewer’s short fiction published between 1951 and 1959. Additionally, Death Comes Last features:
• “The Golden Scheme,” Brewer’s last remaining unpublished story from the
1950s;
• a pair of crime stories published in 1929 and 1930 by Gil Brewer’s father
(who, confusingly, also published under the name Gil Brewer); and
• the first-ever catalog of every Gil Brewer short story known to exist,
including everything published thus far (with complete publication
histories) as well as everything still unpublished.

268 pages, Paperback

Published November 2, 2021

About the author

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.

http://www.gilbrewer.com/

Reviews

[Jeff]

Nobody could write the femme fatale story like Gil Brewer. If you like Brewer's novels, you'll like his short stories. Start with Redheads Die Quickly and then this volume, Death Comes Last. Then there are two more volumes of previously unpublished Brewer short stories, Death is a Private Eye and Die Once—Die Twice. Also enjoyable reads.

These stories will make you cringe, but like seeing a grisly wreck, you won't be able to turn away.