Book excerpt: Kennedy’s Ghosts is a novel that follows a young journalist as he embarks on a journey that begins in 1960, when he meets a mysterious bohemian bag lady. The story takes readers from the post-war era through the 1960s and beyond, as the journalist uncovers a web of secrets and conspiracies surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Against the backdrop of a tense Cold War and increasing paranoia over UFO sightings, various leaders - both in government and the intelligence community - work to keep the truth from the public. With the fate of the nation hanging in the balance during a critical election, Kennedy finds himself locked in a battle with an entrenched Republican incumbent. Meanwhile, two teenagers with ties to the intelligence community become embroiled in the mystery, unaware of the deadly forces that are closing in on them.