Castles of Sand

In Castles of Sand, Bernie must identify the real triggerman who murdered President John F. Kennedy in cold blood on November 22, 1963, before the assassin’s possible daughter, Cerise Victoria Mertz, becomes the next Senator from New Jersey in a special election in 2022, and the next Democrat star with a future.

In running down who killed JFK, Bernie also resolves the three unexplained deaths that yet remain among the very many deaths associated with Kennedy’s assassination. These three unexplained deaths – still open cases – include the following. First, the death of Congressman Hale Boggs, the soon-to-be Speaker of the US House of Representatives and former Warren Commission member who disappeared along with three others when their plane traveling from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, vanished in thin air without a trace on October 16, 1972. Next was the death of Georgetown socialite and artist Mary Meyer who was murdered in mid-day while walking on October 12, 1964, along the C&O Canal Towpath in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown section. Lastly, there is the execution of Sam Giancana on June 19, 1975, once head of La Cosa Nostra’s Chicago Outfit, who was gunned down in his Chicago kitchen while cooking sausage and peppers.

Castles of Sand is a tale of hope and dreams and what we do to keep them alive. This is the third book in the Jersey Shore Mysteries series featuring Bernie Ruane.