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Continuing with the characters introduced in Jackson Park, Charlotte Carter returns to 1968 Chicago where an older Cassandra Perry is caught up in the "hippie" lifestyle popular during that era. She is a rebel having moved from the protective home of her aunt and uncle into a multi-cultural commune where vegetarian diets, free love, and an endless supply of drugs are the norm. She is playing "grown up" and her latest decision is to drop out of college - an act that would break her family's heart.
Things quickly change when the lead interracial couple of the commune is brutally murdered and the commune members become the prime suspects. Common for her generation, trust in the police is eroded by years of corruption, racism, and apathy, so she starts her own investigation into the death of her friends. With the help of her aunt and uncle, she discovers a complex plot involving drugs, Black Nationalists, and vengeful Viet Nam war protestors.
Carter has a gift for transporting the reader to another time and place via references to the music of period, the clothes, and use the slang terms and dialogue of her characters. This is a very quick, enjoyable, and easy read for mystery lovers.
Things quickly change when the lead interracial couple of the commune is brutally murdered and the commune members become the prime suspects. Common for her generation, trust in the police is eroded by years of corruption, racism, and apathy, so she starts her own investigation into the death of her friends. With the help of her aunt and uncle, she discovers a complex plot involving drugs, Black Nationalists, and vengeful Viet Nam war protestors.
Carter has a gift for transporting the reader to another time and place via references to the music of period, the clothes, and use the slang terms and dialogue of her characters. This is a very quick, enjoyable, and easy read for mystery lovers.
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