The JFK Conspiracy

By Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced listener copy of this book. All opinions are my own. 

This is not my first look at JFK, nor my first Brad Meltzer book. 

I enjoy Brad’s writing and his commitment to research. I enjoyed learning about JFK through the lens of Jackie O and Clint Hill, in various previous reads. 

This was something altogether different but no less enjoyable. The book begins with Jack’s military service and a look at some lesser-known acts of heroism. I was instantly intrigued. 

Then, as the campaign for the Presidency heats up with religion and civil rights being at the forefront, I was struck with some similar parallels between this past November 2024, and late 1959-early 1960. What poignant timing.  

The second half of the book looks at the Kennedy ascension to the Presidency and a widely unknown foiled assassination attempt by ex-postal worker and anti-Catholic Pavlick. The storytelling through parallel timelines was really well done.