House of Flesh

In the forbidding old house, guarded by vicious dogs, lived exotic, mysterious Lela. Murder was done there, it was said, and other deeds, wanton and eerie. All-star athlete Harry Wilde retreats to a remote rural village to escape the pain of a failed marriage and the recent loss of the national basketball championship. Seeking only peace of mind, he soon finds himself entangled in an intense and demeaning love affair with a strange and sullen woman whose primal power holds control over his most basic desires. Unable to stop himself from wandering down a path of darkness, the only thing that will save him is his instinct for survival. With its menacing undercurrents of psychological torment, House of Flesh crosses the boundaries of crime fiction and strays into the murkier depths of horror.