Ovid Demaris (1919 –1998) was a newspaper reporter who wrote over a dozen pulp novels but hit the bestseller lists with a string of non-fiction books, primarily about organized crime, including The Last Mafioso and The Green Felt Jungle. Two of his novels became cult classic crime movies Machine Gun McCain (from Candyleg) and Gang War (from The Hoods Take Over).
Six classic hard-boiled novels set in the world of music...and one bonus novel.
THE GOLD-PLATED SEWER by Ovid Demaris
STOP OVER by Morton Cooper
CIRCLE OF SIN by March Hastings
MURDER ON HER MIND by Robert Dietrich
BABY, COME ON INSIDE by David Wagoner
DUPREE BLUES by Dale Curran
BONUS NOVEL: SEND ME DOWN by Henry Steig
When someone needs bribing, beating or killing, the L.A. mob sends The Enforcer to do the job. He drives the flashiest cars, he wears the most expensive clothes, and he beds the hottest women. He has the connections and the money to buy just about anything… or anyone… that he wants.
But now The Enforcer is being hunted… by a young, ambitious cop. The Enforcer knows there’s only one way this can end… with one of them in a grave. That’s fine with him.
Four brutal, hard-charging crime novels set in Los Angeles in the late 1950s… when the East Coast mob was making a big move to the West Coast and leaving a trail of bodies and blood in their wake…. by international bestselling author Ovid Demaris, an expert on organized crime.
