A Review of Flight to Darkness by Gil Brewer

In Flight to Darkness, Brewer introduces readers to Eric Garth, a Korean war vet and a would-be sculptor who meets Leda a nurse during his time spent as a patient in a psychiatric hospital in California. Eric has always been preoccupied with a recurring dream of killing his brother Frank with a sculptor’s wooden mallet. So before Eric can be released his doctor has to make sure he is cured of these dreams.

Eric is all too excited to head home to Florida and to the loan business which Frank is running until he gets back. This business is supposed to be split between the two brothers when their mother dies. He and Leda plan to marry but things take a turn when he is accused of a hit and run and then gets committed to a sanitarium in Alabama. Leda abandons him when he needs her the most.

However, when he gets a hold of the police, he is then told the charges are dropped and he is free to go. Only problem, he couldn’t get released from the sanitarium so he escapes and heads home to Florida. And that’s where things get murky: Eric finds out Leda is married to Frank, Norma – the girlfriend he left behind is still in love with him although he is in love with Leda, Frank is found murdered with a mallet, and Eric is again on the run and questioning his sanity.

I thoroughly enjoyed this roller coaster ride. The twists were deliciously fun and I cheered on as Eric found out the truth about his brother and Leda. Brewer has nailed it again with developing a male protagonist who spirals out of control because of love.

Two thumbs up! Great read!

Some of my favorite lines:

I’d been through a war, gone crazy, been tied up in straight jackets, fallen in love with a woman who walked out on me the first rough time we had, and I was still hanging onto a dream. That Norma Dean was still my girl.

And there was another wild dream, too—the wild one that cropped up that day in Korea all full of blood and dark damnation. So go on home to the old home where your mother’s dying and see for sure if you want to kill your brother. See if you’re going to kill him now. Go ahead, find out…

Rating: 5 Stars

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