Publisher's Synopsis
A dangerous young man, David Egan is charged with the murder of the daughter in the wealthy Griffin family of Black River Falls. Competing in a drag race, things go fatally wrong when Egan crashes his black Mercury into a bridge at ninety miles an hour. However, it soon appears that this is no accident... Judge Esme Anne Whitney hauls private eye Sam McCain into the investigation. Jealous husbands, philandering spouses, jilted girlfriends, outraged parents, a long-suffering wife - Sam has plenty of suspects, but the conclusive evidence surprises him and frostily ends the Indian summer in Iowa 1961...
