The Red Scarf by Gil Brewer
ISBN: 978-0-9815-579-9-1
From one of the masters of noir comes perhaps his most compelling novel. Roy Nichols is trying to make a go of running a motel with his wife, but forces are conspiring against them. The highway that was supposed to run past their motel may never get built, and their business is drying up. When Roy stumbles upon a briefcase loaded with cash, his problems seem to have miraculously disappeared. But in Gil Brewer’s world, good fortune is never free and greed inevitably leads to destruction.
Raves for The Red Scarf
“Gil Brewer was one of the kings of the Gold Medal paperback era, and New Pulp Press should be given a gold medal for bringing back one of Brewer’s leanest and meanest novels: The Red Scarf. You’ll never look at a vixen with a suitcase full of mob money the same way again.”
— Duane Swierczynski, author of Expiration Date
“Gil Brewer has spent a long time in the shadows of his more famous contemporaries, but his best work—a noir blend of James M. Cain, Dashiell Hammett and Ernest Hemingway—gives his rivals a run for their money. The Red Scarf is one of Brewer’s most accomplished novels and it’s terrific to see it back in print.”
— Allan Guthrie, author of Slammer
“A jet-propelled plot involving a bag of money, a dead body, a woman nobody should trust, and a guy who’s in way over his head. The Red Scarf is Gil Brewer’s best book.”
— Bill Crider, author of Murder in Four Parts