A high-profile writer with leftist sympathies shows up dead at the office of fledgling lawyer and private investigator Sam McCain with a hammer and sickle painted on his forehead.
"A murder in the heart of 1950s Iowa entangles a love-struck Sam McCain in an investigation that could stir up trouble in the wake of Nikita Khrushchev's upcoming visit to the state."
"A high-profile writer with leftist sympathies shows up dead at the office of fledgling lawyer and private investigator Sam McCain with a hammer and sickle painted on his forehead."@en
"In the thick of the Cold War, McCain investigates death threats against an alleged red. The citizens of Black River Falls are polite, understanding, and respectful -- except when it comes to communism. Joe McCarthy has been dead for two years, but men like Richard Conners are still fighting to clear themselves of his accusations. A liberal who served faithfully under Roosevelt and Truman, only to be slandered as a red during McCarthy's witch hunts, Conners has begun getting death threats written in blood. He hires private investigator Sam McCain to protect him, but no soo."@en
"In the thick of the Cold War, McCain investigates death threats against an alleged redThe citizens of Black River Falls are polite, understanding, and respectful-except when it comes to communism. Joe McCarthy has been dead for two years, but men like Richard Conners are still fighting to clear themselves of his accusations. A liberal who served faithfully under Roosevelt and Truman, only to be slandered as a red during McCarthy's witch hunts, Conners has begun getting death threats written in blood. He hires private investigator Sam McCain to protect him, but no sooner has Sam taken the case."@en
"The day after Soviet Union premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Black River Ralls, Iowa, Richard Conners is murdered. Few doubt that the murder has political overtones, but when both suspects also turn up murdered, fledgling lawyer Sam McCain turns to the theory that the murders might be more personal than political."@en
"In the twilight of Iowa's 1950s' fledgling lawyer Sam McCain becomes involved with a beautiful blonde whose father has been murdered. Everyone else assumes the murder has been politically motivated, but Sam thinks differently."@en
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