The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy-and Why It Failed

"It's easy to understand why Brad Meltzer and many other authors love to have Scott Brick perform their work. His delivery is impassioned, impossible to ignore...impossible to turn off." -AudioFile

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.

Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Americans' most well-liked presidents. Yet what most Americans don't know is that JFK's historic presidency almost ended before it began-at the hands of a disgruntled sociopathic loner armed with dynamite.

On December 11, 1960, shortly after Kennedy's election and before his inauguration, a retired postal worker named Richard Pavlick waited in his car-a parked Buick-on a quiet street in Palm Beach, Florida. Pavlick knew the president-elect's schedule. He knew when Kennedy would leave his house. He knew where Kennedy was going. From there, Pavlick had a simple plan-one that could've changed the course of history.

Written in the gripping style that is the hallmark of Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch's bestselling series, this is a slice of history vividly brought to life. Meltzer and Mensch are at the top of their game with this brilliant exploration of what could've been for one of the most compelling leaders of the 20th century.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

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The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy-and Why It Failed

"It's easy to understand why Brad Meltzer and many other authors love to have Scott Brick perform their work. His delivery is impassioned, impossible to ignore...impossible to turn off." -AudioFile

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.

Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Americans' most well-liked presidents. Yet what most Americans don't know is that JFK's historic presidency almost ended before it began-at the hands of a disgruntled sociopathic loner armed with dynamite.

On December 11, 1960, shortly after Kennedy's election and before his inauguration, a retired postal worker named Richard Pavlick waited in his car-a parked Buick-on a quiet street in Palm Beach, Florida. Pavlick knew the president-elect's schedule. He knew when Kennedy would leave his house. He knew where Kennedy was going. From there, Pavlick had a simple plan-one that could've changed the course of history.

Written in the gripping style that is the hallmark of Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch's bestselling series, this is a slice of history vividly brought to life. Meltzer and Mensch are at the top of their game with this brilliant exploration of what could've been for one of the most compelling leaders of the 20th century.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

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The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy-and Why It Failed

The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy-and Why It Failed

by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Narrated by Scott Brick

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The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy-and Why It Failed

The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy-and Why It Failed

by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Narrated by Scott Brick

Unabridged — 7 hours, 17 minutes

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Mr. Conspiracy himself, Brad Meltzer is back to spin a new yarn about the JFK assassination attempt you probably haven't heard about. As wonderfully researched as Meltzer always is, this is a fascinating window into little-known history.

"It's easy to understand why Brad Meltzer and many other authors love to have Scott Brick perform their work. His delivery is impassioned, impossible to ignore...impossible to turn off." -AudioFile

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.

Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Americans' most well-liked presidents. Yet what most Americans don't know is that JFK's historic presidency almost ended before it began-at the hands of a disgruntled sociopathic loner armed with dynamite.

On December 11, 1960, shortly after Kennedy's election and before his inauguration, a retired postal worker named Richard Pavlick waited in his car-a parked Buick-on a quiet street in Palm Beach, Florida. Pavlick knew the president-elect's schedule. He knew when Kennedy would leave his house. He knew where Kennedy was going. From there, Pavlick had a simple plan-one that could've changed the course of history.

Written in the gripping style that is the hallmark of Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch's bestselling series, this is a slice of history vividly brought to life. Meltzer and Mensch are at the top of their game with this brilliant exploration of what could've been for one of the most compelling leaders of the 20th century.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.


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"You'll gulp this up in one sitting...heart pounding." - Amazon editor

"A page-turner. Highly recommended! - Douglas Brinkley

"The instincts of a thriller." - Kirkus Reviews

"It is a brilliant little slice of history and it comes alive with Meltzer's storytelling" - Gerald Posner

“Heart-pounding…page-turning” - Palm Beach Post

JANUARY 2025 - AudioFile

It's easy to understand why Brad Meltzer and many other authors love to have Scott Brick perform their work. His delivery is impassioned, impossible to ignore. When he's excited about a passage, which is often, the excitement is contagious, making the work impossible to turn off. Brick's no-nonsense style makes the audiobook even more enjoyable. He's a good match for Meltzer, whose dogged investigations are always thrilling. As he has done with other works, he and Mensch dig into a little-known story about the attempted assassination of JFK very early in his presidency. Most people have never heard about it, and the reason makes perfect sense. The work also examines the absolute hatred many people had for the president because he was Catholic. M.S. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

Kirkus Reviews

2024-10-26
Novelist Meltzer and historian Mensch tell the story of a failed assassination of JFK.

Having written three other books on attempted assassinations, the co-authors now turn their attention to a little-known episode in the political career of John F. Kennedy. The book begins on the day of the attempt in question, Dec. 11, 1960, in Palm Beach, Florida, where the former senator, now president-elect, was readying himself to take the oath of office and occupy the White House. As JFK exited his family estate with his wife and young daughter, an older man was waiting in a 1950 Buick sedan, “not a fancy or noteworthy vehicle.” The moment passed without incident (the authors go on to theorize as to why), even though the Buick was equipped with seven sticks of dynamite connected by wire to a small trigger mechanism, powerful enough to “blow up a mountain.” From this climactic moment, the authors shift backward in time, tracing the rise of the young JFK, starting with his heroic actions on an armed mobile patrol boat in the South Pacific during World War II. In alternating chapters, the book details the life of Richard Pavlick, the man in the Buick: From small-town New England, as a young man he had served briefly in the Army; now he was “full of grievances” and was known to his neighbors as a prolific complainer and writer of angry letters. Pavlick, “extremely anti-Kennedy and anti-Catholic,” became “intensely focused” on the Kennedy-Nixon election and was galvanized to act when Kennedy won. The authors, experienced writers of this blend of popular history and thriller, keep the chapters short and punchy, with cliffhangers at the end of each one.

This brisk and vivid history of a 1960 assassination plot has the instincts of a thriller.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940192469460
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Publication date: 01/14/2025
Edition description: Unabridged
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