Table of Contents
Prelude: Summer 1969 1
Autumn Interlude-Game 1 8
Part 1 Before the Shadows 29
chapter 1 Now or Never 31
chapter 2 Empire of Freedom 41
chapter 3 A Saturday Night Town 50
chapter 4 Storm Clouds 64
chapter 5 The Chasm of Ridiculousness 78
chapter 6 A Triple into the Gravestones 94
chapter 7 Hard Luck 104
Autumn Interlude-Game 2 110
Part 2 The Best Location in the Nation 118
chapter 8 Bleed and Believe 120
chapter 9 Two Aging Aces 133
chapter 10 Seven Minutes of Silence 144
chapter 11 The Sphinx and the Howitzer 156
chapter 12 The Night Before 162
Autumn Interlude-Game 3 170
Part 3 Murder on the Lake 180
chapter 13 They've killed Marilyn 182
chapter 14 The Lost Weekend 202
chapter 15 The Strong Arm of the Law 206
chapter 16 The Cleveland Spectacle 218
chapter 17 Mr.Cleveland to the Rescue 228
chapter 18 Steamed Up 238
chapter 19 Get That Killer 243
chapter 20 Like a Hollywood Movie 258
chapter 21 Bring Him In 266
chapter 22 The Guns of August 288
chapter 23 A Ghoul's Paradise 295
chapter 24 Destiny 308
chapter 25 What Evidence Is There? 314
chapter 26 Not the Folding-Up Type 322
Autumn Interlude-Game 4 334
Part 4 Twilight of the Gods 347
chapter 27 Whammy Be Dammed 348
chapter 28 The Yankee Doubleheader, Act One 354
chapter 29 The Yankee Doubleheader, Act Two 365
chapter 30 we're In 377
chapter 31 One Hundred Eleven 388
Final Interlude-Winter 398
End Notes 447
About the Author 464