{"product_id":"9781250773685","title":"Target Lancer","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTarget Lancer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Max Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn explosive novel that uncovers new facts about the deadly conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Rigorously researched, Max  Allan Collins's \u003ci\u003eTarget Lancer \u003c\/i\u003eis far more truth than fiction.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong before November 22, 1963, Nathan Heller, \"P.I. to the Stars,\" knows that a conspiracy is in the works. Several years earlier, Heller had  been involved with the Kennedys, the Mob, and the CIA in the early stages of a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. Shortly after, Heller's Mafia contact is murdered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter being interrogated by gangsters and contacted by U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Heller realizes that he may be the one person who can prevent a devastating political assassination. Only he knows all the players; only he knows why a web of conspirators has targeted the man known to the Secret Service as \"Lancer,\" John Fitzgerald Kennedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A whirlwind tour of the story surrounding Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise as it might have been covered in the garish pages of \u003ci\u003eConfidential \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, or by \u003ci\u003eTMZ \u003c\/i\u003efor that matter, with more grit than George Baxt's Hollywood mysteries.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, on Bye Bye, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Collins convincingly portrays the real-life players in the drama, who include Jimmy Hoffa and Frank Sinatra. Readers with a taste for hard-boiled roman à clef will hope that more Heller is in the offing.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A Hollywood novel that's more interesting than the true story--if, in fact, it's not what really happened anyway. Collins's twist on the American mystery simply can't be put down.” —\u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews, on Bye Bye, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Max Allan Collins can lay claim to being the master of true-crime fiction…a seamless juxtaposition of narrative cunning and historical cross-referencing.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Magazine, on Bye Bye, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250773685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Forge Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40819110248654,"sku":"9781250773685","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250773685","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}