Publisher's Synopsis
October 1962. Russian premier Khrushchev is threatening a nuclear attack from Cuba if the US attempts to stage an invasion there. The Kennedy White House has been facing down the Soviets, but the threat has unsettled the heartland. In Black River Falls, candidate for governor, Ross Murdoch, discovers a corpse in his newly built bomb shelter. Calling on the services of lawyer Sam McCain, he reveals that it's the body of glamorous and sexy Karen Hastings. Sam begins an investigation into blackmail and murder - but with four pillars of the community as his prime suspects, who can Sam trust?
