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Collateral Damage

Collateral Damage

The Mysterious Deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen, and the Ties that Bind Them to Robert Kennedy and the JFK Assassination

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I really enjoy Mark Shaw's research and I love the addition of Marilyn Monroe and RFK's roles in the Kennedy/Kilgallen story. That being said, I had anticipated this book would talk more about them but most of it was a reorganized version of The Reporter Who Knew Too Much and Denial of Justice. (Not something that would be a problem for new readers, of course, and some repetition is to be expected, but it was a lot of it here.) I hope in the future Marilyn will get a book with the same attention as Dorothy has from this author. Both accounts are so intriguing and Mark Shaw's dedication to the research and justice is admirable.

Aside from the repetition of the first two books, my other major quip is the amount of jabs taken at Trump. I'm not reading a book about him. He has no relevance to these people whatsoever. I don't care if you like or hate the man, I just want to read the subject at hand without distracting comments that disrupt the flow of the words. Something to consider.

July 7, 2021Report this review