The Bishop's Pawn The Bishop's Pawn
Book 13 - Cotton Malone

The Bishop's Pawn

A Novel

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Publisher Description

The Bishop’s Pawn continues renowned New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone series with another riveting, history-based thriller.

History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case.

Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, must reckon with the truth of what really happened that fateful day in Memphis.

It all turns on an incident from eighteen years ago, when Malone, as a young Navy lawyer, is trying hard not to live up to his burgeoning reputation as a maverick. When Stephanie Nelle, a high-level Justice Department lawyer, enlists him to help with an investigation, he jumps at the opportunity. But he soon discovers that two opposing forces—the Justice Department and the FBI—are at war over a rare coin and a cadre of secret files containing explosive revelations about the King assassination, information that could ruin innocent lives and threaten the legacy of the civil rights movement’s greatest martyr.

Malone’s decision to see it through to the end--from the raucous bars of Mexico, to the clear waters of the Dry Tortugas, and ultimately into the halls of power within Washington D.C. itself--not only changes his own life, but the course of history.

Steve Berry always mines the lost riches of history--in The Bishop's Pawn he imagines a gripping, provocative thriller about an American icon.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2018
March 20
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
St. Martin's Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
4.4
MB

Customer Reviews

RDunl ,

The Bishop’s Pawn

Best in the Cotton Malone series. Great read.

CareerMoves ,

Big holes in plot

Per the book, Ray wasn’t an expert marksman and the rifle wasn’t sighted properly, the odds of him hitting any target at that range would be akin to winning Powerball.

Also, if Foster was really a good guy, why, after the deed as done, did he complain about receiving a valuable coin instead of cash?

Also, if the FBI wanted to keep a lid on things, it would have eventually eliminated Foster, too.

queengretch ,

WOW!

Once again, you have given us something to consider. After reading your books I enjoy researching the places and facts you have presented. Thank you for sharing your talent of story telling once again!

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