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by Max Allan Collins

September 1964. Beatlemania sweeps the nation, the Vietnam War looms, and the Warren Commission prepares to blame JFK's death on a "lone-nut" assassin. But as the post-Camelot era begins, a suspicious outbreak of suicides, accidental deaths, and outright murders decimates assassination witnesses. When Nathan Heller and his son are nearly run down on a Chicago street, the PI wonders if he himself might be a loose end. Then a faked suicide takes Heller to Texas, where celebrity columnist Flo Kilgore implores him to explore the list of dead.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?