33. Frame 232 - Wil Mara

Looks like this might be the first in a series about billionaire amateur sleuth Jason Hammond

2013, Tyndale House Publishers

424 pgs.

Adult Mystery

Finished 8/27/13

Goodreads Rating: 4.21

My Rating: It was okay (2)

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Setting: Prologue (28 pgs. long) is in Dallas on that fateful day in November, 1963 (50 years ago!), but the rest of the book is contemporary - Dallas, Cuba, DC.....

1^st sentence/s:  "Margaret Baker felt more than a little foolish in her makeshift disguise - an overcoat she'd found n a box of her late mother's things, the prescription glasses she never wore, and a pink headscarf she'd borrowed from a friend."

My comments:  I wanted to like this book more than I did.  The premise was pretty cool, but I found the characters either unbelievable, or lacking .... something. There was a bond between the two protagonists that was just "there" and I couldn't quite understand it.  I loved the foray into Cuba, and I liked the way that chapters skipped around and showed point-of-view of different characters.  But my overall reaction....the story was okay.  That's all.

Goodreads Review:  During the reading of her mother’s will, Sheila Baker discovers that she has inherited everything her parents ever possessed, including their secrets. A mysterious safe deposit box key leads her to the answers to one of history’s greatest conspiracies: who killed John F. Kennedy? Not only does she have the missing film, revealing her mother as the infamous babushka lady, but she has proof that there was more than one shooter.

On the run from people who would stop at nothing to keep secrets buried, Shelia turns to billionaire sleuth Jason Hammond for help. Having lost his own family in a tragic plane crash, Jason knows a thing or two about running from the past. With a target on their backs, can Jason uncover the truth in time, or will this shooter finally make their mark?