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WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW
by Ed Gorman
Berkley, December 2002
196 pages
$5.99
ISBN: 0425187160


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On a warm September day in 1959, the town of Black River Falls is split into two camps due to the visit of the Russian Premier, Nikita Kruschev. His appearance draws out the Reds from under their beds and, in retaliation the reactionaries are reacting. Local mystery writer Richard Conners, the darling of the State Department before the rise of Joe McCarthy, is still a big fish in a small pool. As an avowed left winger, he's also the target of hate mail, a fire in his office, and the odd potshot at his person. He hires local PI and sometime lawyer, Sam McCain, to investigate, but before he can give Sam all the details he turns up dead, in Sam's office. Sam is not short of suspects - from the anti-communist hotheads, to people closer to home. And if that wasn't enough, Sam has troubles of his own - mostly of the female kind - including a girl he has been hopelessly in love with for years, a girl who he really should love but can't, and a secretary who can't spell.

This is a wonderful step back in time to small town America of the 50s. The poodle skirts, the ankle socks, the drive-ins, the music - they're all there, together with that supposedly idyllic small town life that isn't always a vacation on Walton's Mountain. Small town minds can sometimes be cruel, and feelings can run high. A subplot deals with a local teacher who has taught the town's children well for two generations, but is now being hounded from her job because of her beliefs.

The major characters are original and credible and there are some great minor characters in this book, many of them perfectly described in just a short paragraph. This is the third book in the Sam McCain series and each one has a light, gentle humour. Historical details are slotted in seamlessly giving a superb feel for the period without sounding like a history lecture. I was amazed that a big city British woman who was born in the '60s could feel so at home in Black River Falls, but feel at home I did. A lovely, feelgood series which combines light and dark elements.

Reviewed by Donna Moore, January 2003

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