![]() Reuben (one name only), adult male, "six feet, four and rangy, with long arms and legs. Roger Semple adult male, 30 years old, married, ordinary appearance until savagely beaten by thugs, owner of a folk club Richard Darden "Richie," adult male, Irish-American, 25 years old, handsome, muscular, thick black hair, dark eyes and an "Irish smile," good voice folksinger until he commits a robbery and becomes a fugitiveĬrescentia Fanio "Cress," adolescent female, Italian-American, slim, long dyed blonde hair, long slim face, dark eyes and brows, good singing voice, waitress in a Chicago coffeehouse and folk club ![]() Major Characters Mac "Mac" is all that he is called, middle-aged, big, strong, durable, high pain threshold handles himself professionally in physical altercations, former police officer now a private investigator Cress is sad, but on the way home, she and Mac stop at a café where people recognize her and Mac watches with a father's pride as Cress performs a song about the pain of love, adding an improvised verse about her dead lover. The officer had merely intended to wound Richie, but the shot proved fatal. When a police officer arrives, the officer informs Mac that he saw Richie at the farm two days earlier and when Richie attempted to flee, he shot him. Mac tells a disillusioned Cress that Richie had her carry the suitcase so that his robbery partners would follow her instead of him. Piecing together clues, Mac eventually subdues and cuffs the pursuers, and during the struggle the suitcase bursts open - it has been empty all along. The kidnappers tell Mac that the price of her life is the suitcase. The pair is attacked outside one such club and Cress is abducted. Searching for Richie now, Cress and Mac embark on the folk circuit from Chicago to Fairmont, Indiana, visiting coffeehouses and hootenannies along the way. The police question and search Mac and Cress, but Cress manages to hide the suitcase. Semple was savagely beaten by two men because he could not tell them where Cress was. Returning to their hotel, Mac and Cress are picked up by the police and taken to a hospital where they find Roger Semple, Cress's boss. It is very light and Mac's police friend, Kegs, suggests that "heroin don't weigh much," but Mac won't open the suitcase because Cress promised Richie that she wouldn't. He finds the man, but is unable to learn why the suitcase is wanted. The attackers are repelled after a fierce struggle and Mac later identifies one of the men from a police photo array. Mac is skeptical, but returns with Cress to her apartment where they are attacked by three men. Private investigator Mac meets a woman named Cress Fanio who tells him that three men have been trying to kill her in order to get a suitcase entrusted to her by her boyfriend, folk singer Richie Darden. Most of the action is set in the folk club circuit, not just in Chicago but small college towns throughout rural Indiana ![]() Setting: urban/large city brief stops at a run-down receiving hospital, photo gallery in police headquarters, a bar and a hotel at the Loop on Michigan Avenue. A Sad Song Singing Cover Artist: Harry BennettĬatalog #: Kelley Box 230: PS3507.
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