Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 11/10/2014 + 1224 more book reviews

Another outstanding entry in the Bob Lee Swagger saga. This one was very reminiscent of Point of Impact where Bob Lee was set up to take the fall for an assassination attempt. In this one, Bob is pulled into the possible conspiracy to kill President Kennedy when an author (similar to Hunter) was researching a book on the Kennedy assassination and was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The researcher had come upon some possible evidence that another shooter was involved in the killing. He had heard about a coat that was stashed in the Dal-Tex building (close to the Book Depository in Dallas) with gun solvent spilled on the coat indicating that there may have been another shooter in the Dal-Tex building. Swagger is drawn into this by the author's widow who felt that he was killed because of his knowledge about the coat. Swagger ends up going to great lengths to see if it was possible that another shooter was involved including a trip to Russia to followup on the car ambusher. Swagger comes up with a theory about the shooting that indeed sounds very plausible. It turns out that the team that set up Swagger in Point of Impact was also involved in the Kennedy killing. I found this one to be quite engrossing even though it didn't have as much action as some of the previous novels. High recommendation for me!

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