First published 2014
David Ferrie moves through the shadowy world of New Orleans in 1963, a man whose bizarre appearance masks deeper secrets. At forty-five, the former Eastern Airlines pilot wears a red toupee and painted eyebrows to hide his complete baldness, caused by a rare disease. His eclectic skills as hypnotist, cancer researcher, and amateur psychologist draw him into covert operations alongside figures who will soon become infamous. Ferrie works closely with Judyth Vary Baker on a mysterious summer project while maintaining connections to Lee Oswald, Clay Shaw, Guy Banister, Jack Ruby, and Carlos Marcello. As political tensions mount in the months before November 1963, Ferrie finds himself at the center of a web that stretches from airline terminals to underground laboratories. His unconventional lifestyle and strange talents make him both valuable and vulnerable to those orchestrating events that will shake the nation. The story explores how this enigmatic figure became entangled in one of America's most controversial conspiracies.
Genres: biography, historical-fiction, 20th-century, crime, american-history
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: New Orleans
Period: 1963
536 pages · ebook · Trine Day