Brian Moore's early fiction refers to the seven pulp fiction thrillers, published between 1951 and 1957,[1][2] that the acclaimed novelist Brian Moore wrote before he achieved success and international recognition with Judith Hearne (1955) and The Feast of Lupercal (1957).
[4] The first two of these pieces of pulp fiction, all of which he later disowned,[2][5] were published in Canada by Harlequin – Wreath for a Redhead in March 1951 and The Executioners later in 1951.
[6] Arguably the most significant of these early works is Intent to Kill (written by Moore as "Michael Bryan" and published in 1957) which was adapted into a film of the same name, released in 1958.
In the film noir genre, it was directed by Jack Cardiff and starred Richard Todd, Betsy Drake and Herbert Lom.
"[8] Moore returned to the thriller genre years later with his novels The Colour of Blood (1987), Lies of Silence (1990) and The Statement (1995).