Book Synopsis
It's the Cold War. Fidel Castro is clinging to power in Cuba as the CIA, the Mafia and Cuban dissidents try to kill him. His gorgeous assassin, Pilar Rivera, is all that stands between him and the grave. The Cuban Missile Crisis is winding down and Russia removes their nuclear missiles. Or do they? Rogue Russian agents help Castro smuggle nuclear warheads into the US. Now five ticking nuclear timebombs are just waiting to be detonated. While famed columnist Dorothy Kilgallen is investigating the JFK assassination, she uncovers the nuclear bomb story. It's up to Pilar to keep her quiet, even as Pilar is coping with Che Guevara in Cuba, Lucky Luciano in Italy, Elvis Presley in New York, Marilyn Monroe in Lake Tahoe and Jackie Kennedy in the Mediterranean. It's a sweeping tale of sex, intrigue, murder and madness involving the most iconic figures of the 20th century, as told by Jack Ruby, the last man standing -- right next to the girl who came calling.