Pharo and the Clever Assassin

Some crazy fellow just shot the president. President William McKinley is shot by an American anarchist at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York in 1901. He dies several days later and a local lawyer Burford Simmons is assigned to defend the anarchist killer. Burford though is mysteriously kidnapped on the first day of trial. The lead investigator is aided by Clarence Darrow and by Burfords crafty and determined wife Pharo. Will the group be able to locate and rescue Burford before he meets his doomed fate?Joe Kertes an award-winning author describes the novel as quite a thriller and a fascinating historic chronicle too. The book he adds is quite wonderful and a very compulsive read.Pharo and the Clever Assassin a bracingly suspenseful legal thriller about loyalty racism revenge and political scheming is filled with surprising twists and startling turns that will keep the reader guessing to the very end.