by Peter Evans (Undifferentiated)
First published 2004
Peter Evans opens with a startling premise: Aristotle Onassis orchestrated the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. The journalist traces how the Greek shipping magnate and the ambitious senator became locked in bitter rivalry years before Onassis ever met Jackie Kennedy. Bobby discovered Onassis's illegal business dealings and blocked his American trade operations. Onassis retaliated by pursuing Jackie's sister Lee Radziwill and boldly inviting the First Lady aboard his yacht without President Kennedy. After JFK's death, Bobby grew closer to Jackie and fought desperately to prevent her marriage to his enemy. But Onassis won Jackie as his bride shortly after Bobby's assassination in 1968. Through interviews with intimates of both families, Evans presents his case that Onassis financed the killing, including a confession hidden for thirty years. The book reveals how personal hatred between two powerful men played out against international intrigue involving Saudi oil deals and Greek shipping empires.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, crime, biography-memoir
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: America, Greece, Saudi Arabia
Period: 1960s, 1970s
368 pages · Kindle Edition · HarperCollins
Content warnings: death, murder, violence