By: Peter Golden
ISBN: 978-1662525971
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Publication Date: 02/01/2025
Format: Other
My Rating: TBR
The author of Nothing Is Forgotten takes a dark look at power gone too far, imagining the connection between JFK’s presidential campaign and an ex-cop’s investigation into her husband’s murder.
In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy makes a historic run for the White House. Despite concerns about his Catholicism, Kennedy’s outward charm is winning the country over, but his inner demons are putting his candidacy in danger and risk destroying his political career.
That same year, Caitlin Russo, a former cop turned reporter, is devoting her skills to finding her husband’s killer. His job as a CIA operative posed its fair share of risks, but when Caitlin discovers his notes about the case that led to his death, she knows there’s more to the story than simple tragedy.
As Caitlin and Kennedy search for the people responsible for upending their lives, some ugly truths about American politics and foreign affairs come to light, and Caitlin finds herself in a web of deceit and shattered hopes, realizing that heroes aren’t always who they seem.
Praise
“An absorbing story . . . Golden knows how to pique our interest . . . Vivid characters and strong storytelling.”
—The Washington Post
“Keenly detailed . . . compelling . . . Author Golden proves his stripes as a historian, detailing the lovers’ brief bliss in prewar Greenwich Village, separating them for their individual battles during the war, and reuniting them in a skillfully evoked postwar Paris . . . The love story is epic and truly felt. Fascinating, complex.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Each setting is recreated with a socially conscious eye, from the horrifying racism of the Jim Crow South to the Greenwich Village art scene to postwar Paris, whose residents’ emotional suffering hasn’t dimmed their appreciation for beauty. Julian and Kendall are independent, courageous people who grow over time, and their story feels undeniably romantic.”
—Booklist
“Glenna and Gordon’s romance rises and falls with the familiar but engrossing tempo of reckless, youthful passion.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Golden draws a vivid portrait of the Cold War era, but it is the complex and unexpected connection between Holocaust survivors and their descendants that turns this book into a page-turner.”
—RT Book Reviews
“Both heartbreaking and mesmerizing.”
—Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
“Stirring and romantic, a sweeping novel about first loves and second chances.”
—Sarah Pekkanen, author of The Opposite of Me
“An absorbing, intelligent novel about retracing one’s steps to recover what was lost, and about coming to terms with the mistakes of the past in order to rediscover a future. Peter Golden reminds us that going back is sometimes the only way to move ahead.”
—Elizabeth Brundage, author of A Stranger Like You and The Doctor’s Wife
From the Publisher
A historical thriller for fans of the New York Times book club pick Jackie and Me and the film The Candidate, Their Shadows Deep is not only a murder investigation but also a psychological exploration that reveals how history is shaped by personalities as much as by events. The Kennedys are hot again, and this is a really unique look at the real man behind the mask of JFK's political persona, exploring the emotional and familial underpinnings of his behavior. What could be more enticing?
—Laura Van der Veer, Editor
About the Author
Peter Golden is an award-winning journalist, novelist, and historian. His novels include Comeback Love, Wherever There Is Light, and Nothing Is Forgotten.
The author lives with his wife near Albany, New York.
