Nero's secret police believe they have come on the first hints of a plot against the emperor's life. Once promising and gifted—friend of poets, pupil of the great Seneca—Nero has now bloodied himself and grown fat on power, and he has turned his back on the men of intellect who used to b
The Camelot conspiracy: the Kennedys, Castro and the CIA: a novel
β Scribed by E. Duke Vincent
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press/Derby Pub
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 159020977X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
ItΒΉs 1960, the height of the Cold War, but for Dante Amato of the Chicago Mob, life is anything but cold. Charismatic and movie-star handsome, Dante has settled comfortably into his role as The OutfitΒΉs man in Hollywood and Vegas. DanteΒΉs older brother, Aldo, a CIA agent, couldnΒΉt be more disapproving of his brotherΒΉs life. Yet when Dante is ordered to meet with a beautiful Cuban go-between named Marissa del Valle, and then mob boss Sam Giancana summons him to Miami to discuss a U.S. Government commission to hit the Cuban dictator, DanteΒΉs first call is to his brother.
Is it a set-up? Or a chance for the mob to restart the flow of gambling and drug money from Havana? And what about Bobby KennedyΒΉs war against The Mob? Β³Bobby Kennedy is a snake,Β² says Jimmy Hoffa to Santo Trafficante. And how do you kill a snake? You cut off its head. Β³ As this spellbinding thriller by E. Duke Vincent unfolds, a gripping story emerges,...
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