Seven Lies South

Seven Lies South (1960) – An American expat gets unwittingly drawn into a plot to hide an ex-Nazi’s corruption and dirty secrets. An ex-Nazi officer, a British grifter and a Canadian gold digger each want to use a broken American pilot to further their individual grafts.

After World War II and after the Korean War, an American, an ex-bomber pilot, washes up in the South of Spain. After two years of idling and drinking he is swept up into the plots and plans of several very unscrupulous grifters who want to use him as a patsy for their own ends. Whatever little faith in humanity he has left is about to be crushed in their grasp.

William Peter McGivern (1918-1982) was an American novelist and television scriptwriter. He published more than 20 novels, mostly mysteries and crime thrillers. While mostly known as a crime novelist, McGivern also wrote a large number of science fiction stories for magazines like Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures during the 1940s and 1950s.

McGivern moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s to write for television and film. His credits include the TV series Ben Casey, Adam-12, and Kojak. In 1980 he was elected President of the Mystery Writers of America.