This kept me turning pages. It started out in New Orleans with a protagonist (Frank Guidry-ruthless but charming) working for the mafia. He finds he is unwittingly involved in the assassination of President Kennedy and has become a liability. Then we meet Charlotte from small town, Oklahoma who decides to leave behind her predictable life and change things for her 2 young daughters and herself. The 2 daughters (Rosemary and Joan) are the glue that holds this tale together. Guidry is on the run and meets up with Charlotte and her daughters. He devises a plan to use them as cover to throw off the hitmen on his trail but finds himself in over his head as they come to mean more to him. Ultimately it was good all the way through but in the end I felt it lacked something and didn't quite hit the mark. I suspect that may just be me though.
