Ovid Demaris

(Ovide E Desmarais)

(1919 - 1998)

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

Vince Slader
1. The Hoods Take Over (1957)
2. The Gold-plated Sewer (1960)

Novels

   Ride The Gold Mare (1957)
   The Lusting Drive (1958)
   The Long Night (1959)
   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)

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)

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