Hadley Luzerne Public Library

March 11th at 6:30 is the next book club meeting.  They will be discussing the last 2 books and picking up, “Tailspin” by Bernard F. Conners.  In this extraordinary book, best selling author and former FBI agent Conners combines the instincts of a “literary bloodhound” with the gifted talents of a storyteller to present the solution to a murder that took place on July 4, 1954.   The result is the suspenseful riveting story of Major James Arlon Call, an individual who appeared to have it all- a brilliant mind, devoted wife, dashing good looks, and an illustrious career as a decorated flyer.  His life takes a turn after his wife’s death.  Call volunteered for wartime combat, then turned to gambling and crime.  The latter took a deadly twist when Call, after committing an infamous murder during a burglary, fled to Lake Placid where he engaged in a shootout with four police officers, critically wounding three of them, one fatally.  In the ensuing 106-day manhunt through the Adirondack wilderness, Call survived numerous confrontations with law enforcement while evading capture. Tailspin is unique in that rarely has such prodigious investigation been undertaken in connection with a literary work of this nature.