Publisher's Synopsis
Lust is a psychological force producing intense desire for an object, or circumstance fulfilling the emotion while already having a significant other or amount of the desired object.In this the third of Boothby's Dr. Nikola novels, Nikola applies his almost hypnotic persuasion to convince an out-of-luck Australian, formerly from England, named Gilbert Penne Thorne to assist Nikola unwittingly in an evil scheme. Using that information the boss made himself rich, living a high life in London, while Penne Thorne remained penniless. Unknowingly, Penne Thorne thus becomes a party to another one of Nikola's insidious schemes.
