Riders On The Storm (A Sam McCain Mystery), by Ed Gorman
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With his military career ended in boot camp by an accidental shot to the head, Sam McCain returns to Black River Falls to work for the court of Judge Esme Ann Whitney. But two of Sam's oldest friends are caught up in battle. Veteran Steve Donovan brutally belittles and savagely beats his old friend, veteran Will Cullen, for joining an anti–Vietnam War group. When Cullen is found murdered, Steve is the obvious suspect. But Sam has serious doubts.
Riders On The Storm (A Sam McCain Mystery), by Ed Gorman- Amazon Sales Rank: #7856714 in Books
- Brand: Gorman, Ed
- Published on: 2015-03-04
- Format: Large Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.10" h x 5.50" w x 8.60" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 319 pages
Review “McCain―an intriguing mix of knight errant and realist―is good and thought-provoking company.” (The Seattle Times)“The kind of hero any small town could take to its heart.” (Marilyn Stasio - The New York Times (on 'Wake Up Little Susie'))“Gorman captures the time period perfectly. Gorman cleverly transplants the classic elements of noir into the quiet cornfields of Iowa.” (Shelf Awareness)“This sequel to Sam McCain’s eighth case, Ticket to Ride (2010), originally announced as his last, has got to be great news for fans of the sharpest investigator in yesteryear Iowa. The final revelation will take most readers by surprise.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Gorman skillfully depicts Vietnam veterans’ complex, often contradictory feelings toward the war. Classic noir.” (Publishers Weekly)“Gorman is a prolific, award-winning author, and the McCain series may be his best work. This is an extended, nuanced fictional biography with an occasional mystery thrown in. Great reading. Welcome home, Sam.” (Booklist (starred review))“Ed Gorman is the poet of dark suspense.” (The Bloomsbury Review)“Sam McCain has the rueful wisdom and charm of an exemplary hero who is curious not only about whodunit but also about some of the more elusive riddles of human existence.” (San Francisco Chronicle)
About the Author Ed Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He has written over one hundred novels and short stories under various pen names. His stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Shamus Winners, and in 2011 he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. New Sam McCain By Randy Johnson It's 1971 and a lot has changed for Sam McCain. A boot camp accident, shot in the head and a three month recovery, ended his brief military career. The new police chief, Foster, was more competent than McCain's long time nemesis, Cliffie, who'd been forced into retirement. And our hero is finally in a stable relationship with a fine woman.And he's in the middle of a murder investigation.Will Cullen was an old friend of McCain's who's life was in shambles. In a firefight in Vietnam, he'd accidentally killed a little girl, act that unhinged him. Back home, he'd joined an anti-war group of Vietnam vets, another friend, gung-ho Steve Donovan, a man entering politics, had brutally attacked Will in front of a crowd. When he turned up dead the next day and Will was found with the murder weapon, naturally he was arrested.McCain is sure his friend is innocent. All he has to do is prove it.What I've always liked about Ed Gorman's writing is the clean style and the attention to detail. I was a young man living in the same type of small town during the time period. He's got it right and puts the reader squarely into a real world.Most excellent mystery.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Excellent small-town mystery about the Vietnam Era By Angie Boyter The year is 1971, and emotions about the Vietnam War are high in the town of Black River Falls, as they are in the rest of the country. Lawyer and part-time investigator Sam McCain is suffering the aftermath of having enlisted to serve his country only to be seriously injured during boot camp in a car accident that still affects him both mentally and physically. His friend Will Cullen has serious emotional problems as a result of accidentally killing a young Vietnamese girl during an assignment in Nam. When Will announces that he has joined Vietnam Vets Against the War, fellow vet Steve Donovan attacks him and savagely beats him, so when Donovan’s body is found, Cullen is the leading suspect. Sam is sure that Will did not murder Steve and vows, not only to defend him in court, but to find the real killer. The more Sam learns about Donovan’s business and personal relationships, the more he is convinced that Will is not the killer, but the town’s new police chief points to the evidence, and Sam has to admit that the evidence makes Will look guilty.Sam is also struggling with a personal problem. Still suffering from emotional problems as a result of his accident, he has told his girlfriend Mary he wants to take a break from their relationship, but he misses her and knows he has to decide whether to make the break permanent or move to make their bond stronger.The book opens with a short recounting of recent experiences by Sam, who also narrates the rest of the book, and its poignancy told me this was not just a book about a murder but a book about people.Given the era in which it is set and the nature of the crime, this could have been a very bleak book, but the genuineness of the characters and the atmosphere of the small town that Gorman has created gave it a warmth that kept me from feeling there was a pall on everyone involved. Sam has flaws, and he certainly had serious consequences from his injuries, but Sam and the other residents of Black River Falls seem like people we might know, with redeeming qualities as well as weaknesses. There are nicely-done details of Sam’s interactions with Mary and her daughters and his experience enjoying the feel of his cat Tasha rubbing her cool nose against his arm as he awakens in the morning.Having lived through the 70s, I can say that the setting is authentic, full of references that bring back vivid memories. Yes, a McDonald’s WAS a novelty in many small towns of the era! I only spotted two minor anachronisms (I do not believe in spoilers; see if you can find them yourself.).After a major red herring, the denouement of the crime was a surprise but plausible. Sam’s personal denouement was less surprising but positive. Despite the turmoil, the 70s was an optimistic era, and so is Riders on the Storm. I wish Sam the best and hope to hear from him again.NOTE: This is the tenth book in the Sam McCain series, but since I did not even realize it was part of a series until after I finished it you clearly can enjoy it without having the background from the other books.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Another Terrific Sam McCain Mystery By Benjamin Boulden There have been ten Sam McCain novels, and the most recent, published by Pegasus in October 2014, is one of the best. It is also the darkest. Even its title, in honor of the song by The Doors, is dark: Riders on the Storm. It is the sequel to Ticket to Ride, and it finds an older, more world-weary Sam McCain. It is 1971, Vietnam is full-tilt, and, as Bob Dylan wrote a few years earlier, “The times they are a-changin’.” Sam, in a short stint with the Army, is in automobile accident and for five weeks doesn’t know his own name—“My name is Sam McCain. There was a time eight months ago when I didn’t believe that. When both a neurosurgeon and a psychologist visited me every day and tried to convince me of it.”There is a mystery, and a good one too, but the story is Vietnam—not the shooting and killing in Southeast Asia, but rather its impact back home. Will Cullen, a veteran who struggles with his actions in the war, is accused of killing a local businessman and budding politician named Steve Donovan. Donovan publicly, and maliciously, beats Will Cullen at a political event because Will signed on with the antiwar organization “Vietnam Veterans Against the War.” The next day Steve Donovan is found murdered, and the most likely suspect is Cullen. A suspect both Sam and Will’s wife are dubious of, and Sam spends the rest of the novel trying to disprove.The disproving is less than easy. Gone is the incompetent and laughable Chief of Police Cliffie Sykes Jr. and in is the professional and competent, “please call me Paul” Chief Foster. Foster is certain of Cullen’s guilt, but he is seemingly fair and uncomfortably considerate of Sam and Cullen’s wife Karen. But Sam is equally certain of Cullen’s innocence and proving it becomes very personal.
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