description: In WINTER KILLS, Richard Condon probes one of the most significant events in America's 20th century: the assassination of a president. Timothy Kegan is shot in a Philadelphia motorcade; a presidential commission condemns a lone psychopath as the killer. Fourteen years later, Tim's half-brother, Nick, learns through a deathbed confession that Tim was the victim of a mysterious conspiracy. As Nick attempts to find the real assassin, he encounters oil kings, movie queens, venal police, organized crime, the CIA, and labor unions -- all eager for power and control. The ending is guaranteed to surprise and horrify!
language: English
title: Winter Kills
titlecomplete: Winter Kills
genres: Fiction, Politics, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Novels, Espionage, Crime
ratings_count: 279
publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.