Sam and Tate Morgan
Created by Gil Brewer (1922-83)

From the back cover:

"What I can't stand is knowing she's out right now playing around." The tall, heavy-set man stared at me, his eyes burning a hole in my bullet-proof vest. "Trail her every minute, Morgan. Every minute. Don't let her out of your sight!"

It was the easiest assignment in years. I'm Morgan - and I'm one of the guys she played with. The trouble came later - when I found out that her game was MURDER - and I was picked for the fall guy!

Brothers SAM and TATE MORGAN run the Morgan Private Investigations Agency in Gil Brewer's 1958 Avon PBO The Bitch, a nasty little tale that blends a failed marriage, a dame with steam to spare, insanity, stolen loot and the usual treachery and violence. Good stuff.

Gil Brewer was a mainstay of the fifties pulp fiction scene. Besides being a regular in the hard-boiled digests of the era, he also cranked out thirty or so paperback originals, usually offering plenty of tough action and dark twists. Other private eyes include Lee Baron.

Brewer was a mainstay of the fifties pulp fiction scene. Besides appearing numerous times in the hard-boiled digests of the time, under numerous pseudonyms, he also cranked out thirty or so paperback originals, usually offering plenty of tough action, dark twists and a generous dollop of sleaze and tease, with such tantalizing titles as The Vengeful Virgin and Nude on Thin Ice. Some of his other private eyes include Lee Baron. Other pen names he used over his long career included Bailey Morgan, Eric Fitzgerald, Frank Sebastian, Jack Holland, Roy Carroll, Elaine Evans and Barry Miles, as well as the house name of Ellery Queen.

NOVELS

• The Bitch (1958)

RELATED LINKS

• Bibliography: Gil Brewer's Published Short Fiction
  A great checklist, from David Rachel's always great Noirboiled Notes.

Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.