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Acid Test: A 'McCarthy Family' Mystery
Former Sergeant Michael Prescott McCarthy...Mick, has come a long way in two years. He's left behind his squad, the jungles of Vietnam and his position as Sergeant to return to Boston. He wants to put everything behind him--the war, the army, and most of all the dark, mysterious " special opps." mission. The only problem is that he can't forget; someone won't let him. Mick may have settled into Cambridge's Harvard Square, but the nightmare of Vietnam lingers within him. He feels his life unraveling as he stumbles down the path that leads to folk music clubs in Cambridge and secret government labs at M.I.T. His girlfriend begins to doubt him, his father winds up in the hospital and Mick continues to find himself in situations he can't explain. Mick begins to realize that things aren't always what they seem, there may be more to the past than he can recall and he's in a race against time to figure out what really happened in Vietnam. As much as he'd like to forget the past, Mick must remember. His life depends on it.
240 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2004
3 people want to read
About the author
Ric Wasley
25 books1 followerRic Wasley thrived on music in the sixties and performed as a folksinger and in rock several bands all over New England. He met the likes of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.
In a recent interview Ric said, I started keeping a kind of a journal of my own 'adventures on the road' traveling around on my motorcycle, playing as a single folk act, and later in a VW Mini-bus touring with my rock band. Equally fortunate, I kept these journals which many years later became much of the source material and inspiration for the adventures of Mick and Bridget, my two main characters of the McCarthy Family detectives featured in Shadow of Innocence.
The sixties was just so cool, Ric added. The largest segment of Americas
population, myself included, grew up in the sixties. It remains the most influential decade of social and cultural change in the past 200 years.
Ric has been writing for over 30 years. He has been published in several literary magazines in L.A. and San Francisco while living in California. He currently lives outside of Boston with his wife and three children, works for a major media company and retains his love of music and writing.
His other works include:
Acid Test (a novel) October 2004
Various Literary Magazines
"
In a recent interview Ric said, I started keeping a kind of a journal of my own 'adventures on the road' traveling around on my motorcycle, playing as a single folk act, and later in a VW Mini-bus touring with my rock band. Equally fortunate, I kept these journals which many years later became much of the source material and inspiration for the adventures of Mick and Bridget, my two main characters of the McCarthy Family detectives featured in Shadow of Innocence.
The sixties was just so cool, Ric added. The largest segment of Americas
population, myself included, grew up in the sixties. It remains the most influential decade of social and cultural change in the past 200 years.
Ric has been writing for over 30 years. He has been published in several literary magazines in L.A. and San Francisco while living in California. He currently lives outside of Boston with his wife and three children, works for a major media company and retains his love of music and writing.
His other works include:
Acid Test (a novel) October 2004
Various Literary Magazines
"
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