Ticket to Ride - (Sam McCain Mysteries) by Edward Gorman (Paperback)

About the Book

1965: America's favorite small-town detective must solve the murder of two old friends against the backdrop of America's cultural revolution.

Book Synopsis

Against this background McCain tries to enjoy himself during the long Labor Day weekend party the town sponsors every year, reuniting with several old friends who appeared throughout the first six novels. Now that they're all in their late twenties some of the old grudges and rivalries seem silly until two of them are murdered for what seems to be a motive buried in the past With the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan irritating those over thirty and the boys in long hair and girls wearing blouses without bras irritating people even more Sam McCain is forced to realize that his old world, along with the entire country's, is about to end forever. "

Review Quotes

Besides getting the pop culture of the period right, Gorman captures the baffled frustration of provincial folk who don't want to believe that things are more complicated than they look.

An absorbing mystery that offers an insightful portrait of small-town dynamics and plenty of deadpan humor.--Joanne Wilkinson

Sam McCain has the rueful wisdom and charm of an exemplary hero is curious not only about whodunit but also about some of the more elusive riddles of human existence.

The kind of hero any small town could take to its heart.--Marilyn Stasio

Ed Gorman is the poet of dark suspense.