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.
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)
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)
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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