Books by Phillips Wylly

They met at Nicodels, unofficial commissary for RKO and Paramount.Holly: A Beauty Contest Winner from Passaic, N.J.Todd: An ice skater from Penticton, Canada.Each with a dream of movieland success.But can dreams and reality ever come together?Maybe. With help from an unexpected source … the secret ties between the worlds of entertainment and organized crime.Maybe, just maybe…

Here is a glimpse into the early days of network television. The beginnings of TV News. A-Bomb Tests in the Nevada desert. The first international TV transmission. A look at post War Japan. A visit to Holland, Spain and Monaco.Here, too, a peek into the private lives of well known people who were often seen on television in those early days: Jackie Kennedy, Carl Sandburg, Rocky Grazziano, Sophia Loren, Kate Smith, Otto Preminger, well known authors, political figures, a Mafia kingpin, an internationally known entrepreneur.Together with his personal observations and comments, this is the story of a lucky man who was part of those events and knew those people.

Surfacing in the backwash of an assignment gone wrong the name John Gunner arouses curiosity at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Who is John Gunner? Where is John Gunner? Special Agent Jane Shuman is determined to find out.John Gunner's whereabouts is also a matter of concern to Group One. Privately financed by one of the world's wealthiest men, known only to the president and a select few, Group One exists to eliminate enemies of the United States. If John Gunner is found by the FBI before Group One can eliminate him he could reveal the existence of this Top, Top Secret Unit.John Gunner's efforts to disappear and Agent Shuman's tireless pursuit of truth result in a deadly fame of adult Hide and Seek that leaves a trail of unexplained deaths across the Washington landscape.