Overview
Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the head by a rifle bullet. Confusion reigns.
Special Agent Paul Landis is in the follow-up car directly behind JFK’s and is at the president’s limo as soon as it stops at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He is inside Trauma Room #1, where the president is pronounced dead. He is on Air Force One with the president’s casket on the flight back to Washington, DC, an eyewitness to Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office. What he saw is indelibly imprinted upon his psyche. He writes and files his report. And yet, Agent Landis is never called to testify to the Warren Commission. The one person who could have supplied key answers is never asked questions. By mid-1964, the nightmares from Dallas remain, and he resigns. It isn’t until the fiftieth anniversary that he begins to talk about it and reads his first books on the assassination.
Landis learns about the raging conspiracy theories—and realizes where they all go wrong.
Review
Special Agent Paul Landis was in the follow up car during President Kennedy’s assassination. He will never forget his experience or the trauma he suffered because of this reality. This is the story of his eyewitness account and his life as an agent.
I fluctuated between 3-4 stars on this one. This is more of a 3.5 star read. So I rounded up. I expected so much more about the assassination. I felt there were quite a few inconsistencies. For instance, the bullet found by the author but never really turned into anyone or discussed in detail with the powers that be. He just placed it on the gurney.
I did enjoy learning about his role in guarding the grandchildren of President Eisenhower and the Kennedy family. The information about the general lives of the Kennedys is also fascinating. It is the best part of the book! This book is more about Paul Landis’ life as an agent rather than the assassination.
This is narrated by Lane Hakel. He definitely kept the story moving.
Need a good book about the life of a Secret Service agent…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today.
I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
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