Alice Shane

Bad Dad

Alice Shane

The adage that &#39;the rich are different from you and me&#39; is crystallized in BAD DAD, a psychological crime novel that explores the dark side of wealth and privilege.<br><br>Lester Fuller, as BAD DAD, is heir to a Wyoming natural gas fortune who hires his ranch foreman to murder his daughter-in-law. Mary Lou has provoked Fuller&#39;s scorn by luring son Danny away from an upper class existence, transforming him into a Southern redneck who sweats at a menial job to support her and their son. She is also having an affair, Fuller&#39;s private investigator reveals, producing photographic evidence that pushes BAD DAD over the edge. <br><br>Fuller&#39;s privileged life is compromised, his mental state contaminated by his orchestration of Mary Lou&#39;s murder. Not only does he fear that his wife and son are suspicious, but the dead woman&#39;s mother, Rose, unleashes a nightmare scenario: she taunts Fuller by insinuating he&#39;s behind Mary Lou&#39;s disappearance, then confides her suspicions to a detective who is too intimidated by Fuller&#39;s wealth and influence to do anything about it. This reprieve, however, does not spare Fuller his struggle with the aftermath of this crime.