Second Gunman

From the author's note: "When my father and I got together to collaborate on the book that became Double Cross, we were confronted with a huge amount of material to sift through. More than just the notes and documents, Chuck had a mind like a steel trap and once some bit of information entered it never left. He regaled me with stories of memorable characters with distinctive traits who in the end really only amounted to 'Fifth Business' in the overall Double Cross story of the Mobster...
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From the author's note: "When my father and I got together to collaborate on the book that became Double Cross, we were confronted with a huge amount of material to sift through. More than just the notes and documents, Chuck had a mind like a steel trap and once some bit of information entered it never left. He regaled me with stories of memorable characters with distinctive traits who in the end really only amounted to 'Fifth Business' in the overall Double Cross story of the Mobster Who Controlled America, Sam Giancana. We realized that there were several books' worth of material that would provide the equivalent of an underground history of the latter part of the 20th century ... but unfortunately my father wasn't up to starting the next volume immediately and his passing has left that project in abeyance. Still, one of the key events of Double Cross was the JFK assassination and to say that everything Chuck Giancana knew made it into the pages of that volume would be grossly inaccurate. Chuck had a lot to say...and some of what he did say has provided the basis for this book." This is the story of Hy Larner, a confidante of Giancana, gifted with a head for numbers and a photographic memory of conversations. In the post-WWII world of the Chicago outfit, he has a ringside seat for the mob's involvement in the election, presidency, and plot to assassinate JFK. After Mooney's "death," he slipped into hiding. Now he feels the world closing in on him as people in high places want to make sure certain secrets stay secret ... and his only insurance policy is to go on record with everything he remembers.