Description
Philip Kerr has been hailed as "Britain's new state-of-the-art thriller writer" (The Sunday Times). The Shot, his latest novel, comes very highly acclaimed.
It is the 1960s in the United States of America, and President Jack Kennedy has just taken power. The underground world of crime and corruption is rife and the mob have decided to succeed where the CIA have failed, and take out Fidel Castro. When they dispatch the hit man however, they are unaware that he has his own agenda. A different target altogether - the President. But is the hit man working alone or does someone else want Kennedy dead?