James Patrick Hunt

"The title of this nail-biter is a deceiver. Yes, it's the Kennedys, here called the McCormacks, and, yes, it's the sixties, here called the seventies. An alternate universe like ours, but not. This president, aglow with Hollywood glamour, gets to live out two terms. His kid brother, the hard-edged one, gets a term of his own. The funhouse distortions continue. The Vietnam War, once popular and eagerly boosted by the brothers, is so out of favor it's...

In England, Kurt Miller is released from prison after serving a thirteen-month sentence for trafficking in narcotics. Prior to his arrest, Miller had been an intelligence agent and analyst for the BND, Germany's federal intelligence agency. Upon his release, Miller returns to Hamburg and finds that all he has treasured is gone. His wife, his career, and his pension. All he has left is his vintage Mercedes, which he has to sell in order to fund his...

As a respected attorney, Paul Kessler should've known better than to get involved with a married woman. Particularly a woman married to a cop. But when the lady is murdered, all the evidence points to Kessler. Now, only a handful of people know that Kessler is innocent: Kessler and the men trying to frame him. To stay out of prison, to stay alive, Kessler will have to forsake the law he swore to uphold. He will have to learn to play their game better...