Le 22 novembre 1963, le cortège présidentiel de John F. Kennedy traverse Dealey Plaza. Lui et son épouse Jackie saluent la foule, quand soudain...Quand soudain rien. Le président ne mourra pas. En revanche, le photojournaliste Mitch Newman apprend le suicide de son ex-fiancée, Jean Boyd, dans des circonstances inexpliquées. Mitch tente de comprendre ce qui s'est passé. Découvrant que Jean enquêtait sur la famille Kennedy. (4ème de couv.)

"IT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD. On 22nd November 1963, John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade rode through Dealey Plaza. He and his wife Jackie greeted the crowds on a glorious Friday afternoon in Dallas, Texas. BUT WHAT IF IT MISSED? Mitch Newman is a photojournalist based out of Washington, D.C. His phone never rings. When it does, a voice he hasn't heard in years will tell him his former fiancée Jean has taken her own life. Jean was an investigative reporter working the case of a lifetime. Somewhere in the shreds of her investigation is the truth behind her murder. For Mitch, piecing together the clues will become a dangerous obsession: one that will lead him to the dark heart of his country - and into the crossfire of a conspiracy..." -- abridgment of a synopsis from goodreads.com