The Lusting Drive — Ovid Demaris

He was a man on fire...he took whatever he wanted...and what he wanted was her.Guy Hill is pure evil, a washed-up movie star who returns to his hometown, seduces & marries the owner of the furniture company that is the life blood of the entire community, and then he murders her. Now he's the King of the town, holding everyone in the thrall and terror of his lusting drive for sex and power. His only adversary is his one-armed brother, the local Sheriff, who is powerless to stop him...until the car Guy's missing wife is pulled from a local resevoir. Now Guy's grip on power begins to erode, exposing the dark passions, deep corruption, and the lusting drives of everyone in the town.A modern-day western crime story about a guy who 'runs the town' through fear and intimidation (and because he owns the biggest employer) who is pitted against his one-armed brother, who is the Sheriff. It could easily have been set in the 1800s in the old west. It's a fast, fun, pulpy pleasure. Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling authorDeals with fairly ordinary people in a small, Idaho town. There are glints of Demaris' narrative power plus copious doses of sex. New York TimesBrutal and sexy. The Ottawa Citizen