Riders on the Storm, Ed Gorman
Riders on the Storm, Ed Gorman
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Riders on the Storm

Author: Ed Gorman

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2014

Synopsis

In 1967, a brutal murder in the midst of an anti–Vietnam War group sparks an investigation by Sam McCain, in Ed Gorman's most politically charged mystery yet.When we last saw Sam McCain he had been drafted to fight the war in Vietnam. But Sam's military career ended in boot camp when he was accidentally shot in the head and forced to spend three months in a military hospital to recover.Sam has now returned to his hometown of Black River Falls, where he works as a lawyer and part-time investigator for the court of the snobbish but amusing Judge Esme Whitney.Two of Sam's oldest friends are caught up in the same battle. Veteran Steve Donovan brutally belittles and finally savagely beats his old friend, veteran Will Cullen, when Cullen announces he's joined the antiwar group.When Cullen is found murdered, the obvious suspect is Steve Donovan, but Sam has serious doubts about the man's guilt. At least three people had reasons to murder Cullen, and Sam begins to suspect he'll discover even more as his investigation heats up, in this dynamic new politically charged mystery novel by a veteran of the form.

About Ed Gorman

Ed Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime, mystery, Western, and horror fiction. He has won a Spur Award for best short Western fiction and the Anthony Award for best critical work and in 2011 received the Eye, the lifetime achievement award from the Private Eye Writers of America. His award nominations include the Edgar Award, Bram Stoker Award, and numerous Anthony Awards. He has written over one hundred novels and short stories under various pen names and his stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Shamus Winners.

About Joe Barrett

Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

Another good entry into The Back Rivers Fall series. This is a quick read with a good mystery. This is not as humorous as earlier entries, but then the Vietnam War and its' aftermath was not very funny. He ages his characters gently, and for the most part, they have progressed satisfactorily. Recomm......more

Goodreads review by Louis

Ed Gorman's last Sam McCain mystery feels like a good ending point for the series (Gorman died a couple of years after this book was published but he said at the time he thought it would be the conclusion). Sam's family no longer lives in Black River Falls, Iowa. Many of the comic elements of the ea......more

Goodreads review by Angie

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 c......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Ed Gorman just pumps these mysteries out at a great pace, and they are always good. I read this one in just a few hours, and enjoyed every bit. And it kept me guessing right to the end. Reading his books is like having a good friend tell a long story. Anybody who enjoys mysteries should check out Ed......more

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