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      The Day the Music Died

      by Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman
      Published
      Jan 1999
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      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      258
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      A Sam McCain Mystery Book 1

      About This Book

      The morning of February 4, 1959, brought bad news for Sam McCain, rock and roll fan: His musical idol, Buddy Holly, had perished in a plane crash. But the day also brought bad news that hit closer to home in Sam's small Iowa town: A local couple was dead, too—in an apparent murder-suicide with some disturbing loose ends. For Sam McCain, P.I. and lawyer, that means an investigation. And McCain is about to find that behind the white picket fences of Black River Falls, there's a flip side to the American dream...

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