The Bookmaker

You were right to be suspicious...

It wasn't Oswald in the book depository. It wasn't Sirhan Sirhan in the Ambassador kitchen. It wasn't a massive conspiracy or government cover-up. It was one man with one agenda.

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For small-time Huntington Beach bookmaker and wanna-be writer Trent Oster, it all started with a chance to collect a debt. Instead he's offered an opportunity of a lifetime. Days later he finds himself on a sprawling southern estate in Oxford Mississippi, balancing the roles of houseguest and biographer for town legend Preston Walker—the man responsible for the most controversial murders in American history; and he's finally ready to talk.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 246 pages

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