First published 2009
Prisoner #416J escapes prison and reinvents himself as racist agitator Eric Galt, stalking Martin Luther King Jr. across America. As King joins a sanitation workers' strike in Memphis, Galt closes in, leading to the devastating assassination at the Lorraine Motel. In the chaos that follows, investigators launch a massive 65-day manhunt, tracing Galt's flight from Tennessee to Canada, Portugal, and England.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, african-american, crime, non-fiction, american-history
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, historical-figure, real-events
Period: 1960s
720 pages · Paperback · Random House Large Print
Content warnings: racism, violence