The Bishop's Pawn

About the book

History remembers the bitter conflict between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., characterized by years of unlawful surveillance and the gathering of confidential documents, came to an end on April 4, 1968 when King was killed by James Earl Ray.

However, that might not have been the truth.

Now, after fifty years, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone must come to terms with what truly transpired on that crucial day in Memphis.

It all hinges on an event from eighteen years ago, when Malone, a young Navy lawyer striving not to uphold his rebel image, is approached by Stephanie Nelle at the Justice Department for assistance in an inquiry.

He soon learns that the Department and the FBI are locked in a battle over a highly valuable rare coin - along with a trove of confidential files containing shocking revelations about the King assassination, details that could destroy innocent lives and endanger the memory of the civil rights movement's most revered martyr.

Malone's choice to see his initial case through to the finish - from the crystal waters of the Dry Tortugas to the corridors of power in Washington D.C. itself - not only alters his own destiny, but also the course of history.