Ovid Demaris was a native of Biddeford, Maine and an author of books and detective stories. A former United Press correspondent and newspaper reporter, he wrote more than twenty books and hundreds of newspaper articles.
Series
Novels
Ride The Gold Mare (1957)
The Lusting Drive (1958)
The Slasher (1959)
The Enforcer (1960)
The Extortioners (1960)
Candyleg (1961)
aka Machine Gun Mccain
The Parasite (1963)
The Organization (1965)
aka The Contract
Fatal Mistake (1966)
Mason's Women (1971)
The Overlord (1972)
Legs Diamond (1973)
The Vegas Legacy (1984)
Ricochet (1988)
The Lusting Drive (1958)
The Slasher (1959)
The Enforcer (1960)
The Extortioners (1960)
Candyleg (1961)
aka Machine Gun Mccain
The Parasite (1963)
The Organization (1965)
aka The Contract
Fatal Mistake (1966)
Mason's Women (1971)
The Overlord (1972)
Legs Diamond (1973)
The Vegas Legacy (1984)
Ricochet (1988)
Omnibus
The Best Pulp Noir Fiction Super Pack (2020) (with James Cross, Laine Fisher, Richard Himmel, E Howard Hunt, Stuart James, Ledru Baker Jr, James Howard Kunstler and Philip Race)
The Best Pulp Noir Fiction Volume Six (2020) (with Richard Himmel, Stuart James and Ledru Baker Jr)
The Best Pulp Noir Fiction Super Pack 2 (2021) (with Bud Clifton, Paul Connolly, Max Gareth, Richard Himmel, E Howard Hunt, Stuart James, James Howard Kunstler, William Byron Mowery and John Burton Thompson)
The Best Pulp Noir Fiction Volume Six (2020) (with Richard Himmel, Stuart James and Ledru Baker Jr)
The Best Pulp Noir Fiction Super Pack 2 (2021) (with Bud Clifton, Paul Connolly, Max Gareth, Richard Himmel, E Howard Hunt, Stuart James, James Howard Kunstler, William Byron Mowery and John Burton Thompson)
Non fiction
Lucky Luciano (1959)
The Dillinger Story (1961)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1961)
The Green Felt Jungle (1963) (with Ed Reid)
The Toughest Customers (1965)
Jack Ruby (1967) (with Garry Wills)
Captive City (1969)
America the Violent (1970)
Dirty Business (1974)
The Director (1975)
Brothers in Blood (1977)
The Last Mafioso (1980)
The Board-walk Jungle (1986)
J. Edgar Hoover (1994)
The Dillinger Story (1961)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1961)
The Green Felt Jungle (1963) (with Ed Reid)
The Toughest Customers (1965)
Jack Ruby (1967) (with Garry Wills)
Captive City (1969)
America the Violent (1970)
Dirty Business (1974)
The Director (1975)
Brothers in Blood (1977)
The Last Mafioso (1980)
The Board-walk Jungle (1986)
J. Edgar Hoover (1994)
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