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"Chicago, September 1964. Beatlemania sweeps the nation, the Vietnam War looms, and the Warren Commission prepares to blame a "lone-nut" assassin for the killing of President John F. Kennedy. 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 city street, the private detective wonders if he himself...

When a favor for a friend leads to the murder of a Mafia contact, Nathan Heller, a 1960s private investigator with contacts in the government and mob, uncovers a dire conspiracy to assassinate JFK. Long before November 22, 1963, Nathan Heller, g2sP.I. to the Stars,g3s knows that a conspiracy is in the works. Several years earlier, Heller had been involved with the Kennedys, the Mob, and the CIA in the early stages of a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro....

"In Do No Harm, Heller takes on the Sam Sheppard case-a young doctor is startled from sleep and discovers his wife brutally murdered. He claims that a mysterious intruder killed his wife. But all the evidence points to a disturbed husband who has grown tired of married life and yearned to be free at all costs. Sheppard is swiftly convicted and sent to rot in prison. Just how firm was the evidence...and was it tampered with to fit a convenient narrative...

In 1968, acclaimed "true crime" detective Nathan Heller launches his own investigation into the murder of Robert Kennedy, looking into the possible presence of CIA enemies of RFK's on the night in question, the apparent manipulation of Sirhan Sirhan intoa Manchuran Candidate-style assassin and a probable second shooter. "In 1968, Nate Heller is there when Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel. Heller takes it upon himself to investigate...

This reference tome covers the history of the whodunit genre, with nearly 400 illustrations (of dime novel covers, comic strips, movie posters and album graphics) and information on the major figures and characters in mystery writing, from Edgar Allan Poe to Agatha Christie and beyond.