Ticket to Ride — Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

The turbulent sixties are roaring into small town Black River Falls, Iowa, bringing pop culture and bitter politics with them. Attorney and private investigator Sam McCain is part of the revolution, organizing an anti-war rally. It's a polarizing affair led by a charismatic young protestor, Harrison Doran. Things turn ugly when the gathering is crashed by Lou Bennett, a powerful local man whose son recently died in Vietnam. Later that same night Mr. Bennett is murdered and Sam reluctantly agrees to defend the prime suspect -- Harrison Doran.

Sam understands that for a place still clinging to the black-and-white ideals of a fading era, nothing is as simple as it seems. Especially murder. Linking the real motive for Bennett's death to a fire that killed a young woman two years ago, McCain uncovers some dirty business dealings, family skeletons and the dark secrets of a killer on a last, desperate journey....