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The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

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This approachable and concise history of Kennedy’s assassination was written by the daughter of a Texas television newsman who was at the station when the shooting occurred. Filled with photographs, sidebars, a timeline, glossary, and index, the information is easy to read and comprehend. There is also an Essential Facts section which provides brief descriptions of the key players, significant events, and the impact on society of Kennedy’s assassination. There is a chapter on the Zapruder film that was in the home movie camera that captured 26 seconds of the assassination. Another chapter discusses controversies and cover-ups. Another chapter looks back over the past fifty years and changes in technologies such as laser mapping and shadowgraphs.

The Assassination of John F. Kennedy is part of the American Crime Series which also includes The Gardner Museum Heist, The Lizzie Borden Ax Murders, The Manson Family Murders, The Murder of Tupac and Biggie, The O.J. Simpson Murder Case, The Son of Sam Killings, and The Zodiac Killer.

Mind Games (Lock & Mori # 2)

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Mind Games is book two of the Lock & Mori series, and it is anticipated that a third book will soon be published. For those unfamiliar with Lock & Mori, this is a modern day adaptation of the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty, although in these stories, Mori is a teenaged girl.

In Lock & Mori we see Mori’s father tried and convicted as a serial killer, and Mori and her brothers rescued from a domestic violence situation. Mind Games picks up two weeks after the father’s arrest. But even though her father is in prison, Mori doesn’t feel safe. Letters of a threatening nature are arriving, and police are receiving anonymous tips that lead them to believe that it is Mori, not her father, who has committed the murders.  Lock sticks by Mori and together they search for who is framing her.

This is an action packed mystery that can be read as a stand alone, although the enjoyment is enhanced by having read the first book.