The third title in Pierre Ouellette's crime thriller trilogy (after Bakersfield and Haight St.), A Shot Away takes up the story of James Stone, a former Bakersfield homicide cop turned record producer, as he struggles to discover and sign new talent as the so-called Summer of Love finally comes to a catastrophic close in the Bay Area. The lure of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll has faded, upstaged by long-festering paranoia and simmering...