The Death Watch — Daoma Winston

To each of the women in his life, Dr. Joe Stevens was a god, the source of life, love and fantasy.
Ellen, his wife, wished he loved her as passionately as he loved his work.
Gilly, his daughter, adored him as he usually gave her everything she wanted.
Clair, his mistress, needed him for the love and strength he brought to her life.
Bess, his nurse, loved him secretly and vowed that someday she would make him hers.
Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, the separate pieces of the orderly little world which Joe had fashioned for him-self erupted with a passion and violence destined to shatter everything he had carefully built up.