It is the midwinter of 1961-62, a decade and a half into the Cold WarThough continents apart, the flashpoints of tension and political intrigue around the world have never been more intense. The stakes have never been higher. Berlin. Havana. Saigon. Moscow. Tel Aviv. Another world war could start in any of these places.Thomas Buchanan of the FBI has worked on special assignments for two US presidents, Truman and Eisenhower. He is not inclined to work for a third, their successor, John F. Kennedy. Buchanan has nothing against Kennedy, but is not necessarily a supporter, either. If anything, his feelings on JFK are ambivalent, though like most Americans, Buchanan likes the public persona of JFK but was appalled by the Bay of Pigs disaster of 1961. Nonetheless, Buchanan's intention is to leave government work and apply his investigative skills in the more lucrative and less dangerous private sector.Then everything changes. Buchanan and his wife Ann are in Nassau on a midwinter holiday of sunshine, indulgence and relaxation when - seemingly by chance - a disreputable old adversary named Jesse Chadwick steps out of the more unpleasant shadows of Tom Buchanan's past. At first the meeting appears to be a confrontation, a trumped-up reckoning over a long-simmering personal animosity. But Chadwick has a riveting story to tell, one of political intrigue and ill winds blowing in the Caribbean for Kennedy and the United States. It is also a story which conveys danger personally and professionally to Tom and Ann Buchanan in addition to President Kennedy.Chadwick, as usual, is seeking money. But not as extortion or blackmail. Rather, he wants to sell his covert information to the US government, the CIA, the Department of Defense, the White House or whoever will buy. He demands a huge price and promises a story of American traitors, Soviet moles, and sexual hijinks in inappropriate places by famous people who should have known better.Buchanan dismisses Chadwick, grudgingly agreeing to convey the request to the American intelligence community in Washington upon his return to the United States. Chadwick gives him a method of contact.When Buchanan and his wife return to New York, Buchanan reports the meeting to his superiors, hoping the episode will go nowhere. To Buchanan's astonishment, however, his superiors quickly jump at the story and authorize a generous initial payment to Chadwick. They put Buchanan in charge of the inquest, sensing that Chadwick's knowledge could be a possible windfall in anti-Soviet intelligence gathering. To Buchanan's dismay, fate and Jesse Chadwick have drawn him into an intrigue of which he wanted no part.Thus begins Kennedy's Spy , the third in an ongoing espionage series by Noel Hynd. The series began with Truman's Spy and continued with Eisenhower's Spy . Mr. Hynd's hew historical thriller careens across the globe in the early 1960s, evokes the era in grand style and speeds to a memorable and high impact conclusion, an astonishing story behind the headlines of the Kennedy era in Washington.*** and "Noel Hynd knows the ins and outs of Washington's agencies, both public and private. and " - Publishers Weekly . and "Noel Hynd is few notches above the Ludlums and Clancys of the world! and " - BooklistRaves for FLOWERS FROM and "This espionage thriller follows FBI agent William Cochrane's efforts to stop a Nazi spy from assassinating FDR. Toss in a love affair with a British Secret Service operative and you have a page-turner. Complex in characterization, crisp in dialogue, and thorough in its background and " - Library Journal and "First rate! and " - The Cleveland Plain-Dealer and "A Chiller! and " - Los Angeles Times and "A Super spy novel! and " - The Savannah News-Presse"A well-paced yarn." - The Chicago Tribune