Assassin of Shadows

Name: Assassin of Shadows
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lawrence Goldstone
ISBN: 9781666573169

Author: Lawrence Goldstone

Narrator: Joel Richards

Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 06/04/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Just after 4 p.m. on September 6, 1901, twenty-eight-year-old anarchist Leon Czolgosz pumped two shots into the chest and abdomen of President William McKinley. Czolgosz had been on a receiving line waiting to shake the president’s hand, his revolver concealed in an oversized bandage covering his right hand and wrist. McKinley had two Secret Service agents by his side, but neither made a move to stop the assailant. After he was apprehended, Czolgosz said simply “I done my duty.” Both law enforcement and the press insisted that Czolgosz was merely the tip of a vast and murderous conspiracy, likely instigated by the “high priestess of anarchy,” Emma Goldman. To untangle its threads and bring the remaining conspirators to justice, the president’s most senior advisors chose two other Secret Service agents: Walter George and Harry Swayne. What they uncovered not only absolved the anarchists but also exposed a plot that threatened the foundations of American democracy and their lives. As in his other brilliant novels combining history and fiction, Lawrence Goldstone creates a remarkable and chilling tableau filled with suspense and unexpected turns of fate, detailing events that actually might have happened.

About Lawrence Goldstone

Lawrence Goldstone is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, and he has written for The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The New Republic, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald. He and his wife, author Nancy Goldstone, live in Sagaponack, New York.

About Joel Richards

Joel Richards is a storyteller of both stage and page. He holds an MA in Storytelling, a BFA in Acting, and a BA in English. He has acted Off-Broadway as well as regionally around the US. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks as well as hundreds of e-learning and shorter nonfiction works. So far, his voice has helped plant trees, expand airports, teach yoga, and even prank call himself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on July 20, 2019

Two secret service men, Walter George and Harry Swayne are tasked with trying to find out the truth about the assassin attempt of President William McKinley. The shooter, anarchist Leon Czolgosz words after the deed is "I done my duty". But could it all be a conspiracy? That anarchism is just a pret......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on August 06, 2019

The primary lesson I have learned here is that I will probably not read another book by Mr. Goldstone. The book here is a "reimagining" of the events surrounding the assassination of President William McKinley. McKinley was shot in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz (pronounced "chal-gosh") an Anarchist. In the b......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on May 26, 2019

thanks to the publishers and net galley for a free copy in return for an open and honest review this book was initially a slow burner but picked up as it went along, based on the assassination of president McKinley and the plot to kill the president and the sting in the tail at the end which was slig......more

Goodreads review by Bookreporter.com on July 02, 2019

American book-buying habits being what they are, the single most complimentary thing I can say about ASSASSIN OF SHADOWS is that it reads like a Jack Reacher book. It is a minor scandal that the American public, as spendthrifty as they are in every other area of commerce, is so miserly in terms of b......more

Goodreads review by Curtis on October 29, 2019