Bad Moon Rising The Sam McCain Mysteries Book 9 edition by Ed Gorman Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Ed Gorman could have drawn on nostalgia alone when he created Sam McCain but he aimed higher. The Iowa lawyer-investigator gets caught up in the social divisions of 1950s and '60s America. This book drops us into the raging cultural battles of 1968. A local hippie commune is suspected of being responsible for the death of a young woman from a prominent family. Sam is hired to find her killer, then told by his client to drop the matter. As he digs into this mystery, he alienates large segments of town. As always, we know Sam can be counted on to find the truth no matter what. Bad Moon Rising was also enjoyable for seeing how many of the secondary characters have grown and changed over the decade from the first book. A serious girlfriend for the unlucky-at-love Sam was also welcome. If you've enjoyed previous Sam McCain stories this one will not disappoint; if not, the book is an excellent historical mystery.Product details
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Bad Moon Rising The Sam McCain Mysteries Book 9 edition by Ed Gorman Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
Wonderfully written novel of a time period when I was just reaching adulthood(or at least I thought so at the time) and Mr. Gorman gets it all right, down to the smallest details. One almost feels as if there off to one side observing the action.
Hippies, communes,, a murder which everyone knows the killer(or thinks they do). It's up to lawyer turned PI Sam McCain to get it all straight.
Loved it.
How can you not like a novel that uses a CCR song for its title and also mentions the pulp noir master Charles Williams? Sam McCain, early 30s, is the private investigator/attorney living in Black River Falls, Iowa, a small city where a hippie commune (this is 1968, after all) on the city's outskirts creates all sorts of friction. Then a murder occurs, and the plot really thickens. I've grown to like Sam as a person and a private eye. He's self-effacing, has a good heart, and is even-tempered. He understands the social classes, and he moves with charming ease between the haves and have-nots while he's on the case. Then something dark and sinister rears its head later in the novel, and Sam faces a large personal challenge. Hopefully, more titles will follow as we await what fate lurks down the pike for our man Sam. Entertaining, articulate, and just a good PI story, Bad Moon Rising was a first-rate read for me.
This is a very special 'private eye' series build around a lawyer and special court investigator, Sam McCain, in a small town in the midwest (Iowa) in the fifties and sixties. I absolutely love this series for several reasons
1. the wonderful immersion into a different time, spanning a decade from the late fifties to the late sixties. The descriptions are detailed, evocative, engaging and realistic. They are exceptionally well done.
2. The protagonist is a likeable average joe, who is easy to identify with and tells the stories in the first person. His back story is as engaging and interesting as the murder mysteries he gets involved in, and has become the main reason why I have become hooked on this series.
3. I like Sam McCain's world view. He is particularly adverse to any extremist tendencies (MCarthy witch hunts, racism, Beatle records burning, religious bigotry, snake handling churches, etc) and any form of social snobbery and elitism. Yet through all the turmoil (of which there was a lot in the fifties/early sixties), he retains a great sense of humor, which will have you smiling on and off, throughout the entire series.
4. There are plenty of connections to the pop culture of the fifties and sixties, which is a bonus for any lover of music, books, cinema and culture of the period.
5. The mysteries are well crafted and keep you guessing until the end.
6. Every single one of the entries in these series is excellent without exception and well worth the read.
Give this a try, you won't regret it. I read all 9 books in 2 months and can't wait for the 10th entry, 'Riders' on the Storm', that will appear in October 2014! I hope Mr. Gorman gets the opportunity to write several more before he retires.
Ed Gorman's latest Sam McCain novel is beautifully written as well as being a fine mystery. McCain has grown up some, and so has Black River Falls; from the simpler days of ragtops and malt shops, McCain is now dealing with hippies, swingers and the draft, along with the usual difficulties presented by the obtuse police chief and the more obtuse zealot preacher; only McCain's boss, the cool, classy and rather terrifying Judge Whitney is a bit scarce in this outing.
In this book, the wild daughter of a rich businessman is found dead on the grounds of a local commune, and the body count rises as McCain tries to figure out just what it is that has been going on in his formerly bucolic little hometown.
I don't know why Gorman's books seem to be such sleepers. Maybe it's because they are set in Iowa, and people can't imagine anything interesting coming out of Iowa. Which is crazy talk, of course... "Free Fall in Crimson," anyone? But if you haven't read the McCain books, if you enjoy mysteries at all, you really should. The writing is tight and evocative and just damned good, and he's come up with characters that absolutely pinpoint the period.
Can't wait for the next one!
I've read all of the Ed Gorman Sam McCain books and like all of them
Very much enjoyed Gorman’s efforts and the 60’s “flavor” of the story.
I feel as if I know Sam after nine books....wish there were some continuity in his love life. This book didn't hold my interest as well as the eight previous ones. Not that many plot twists and turns...
Ed Gorman could have drawn on nostalgia alone when he created Sam McCain but he aimed higher. The Iowa lawyer-investigator gets caught up in the social divisions of 1950s and '60s America. This book drops us into the raging cultural battles of 1968. A local hippie commune is suspected of being responsible for the death of a young woman from a prominent family. Sam is hired to find her killer, then told by his client to drop the matter. As he digs into this mystery, he alienates large segments of town. As always, we know Sam can be counted on to find the truth no matter what. Bad Moon Rising was also enjoyable for seeing how many of the secondary characters have grown and changed over the decade from the first book. A serious girlfriend for the unlucky-at-love Sam was also welcome. If you've enjoyed previous Sam McCain stories this one will not disappoint; if not, the book is an excellent historical mystery.
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