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Peter Golden gives readers a dark look into power gone too far in "Their Shadows Deep"

By Joe Donahue
Published February 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM EST

Peter Golden is an award-winning journalist, novelist, and historian. His novels include “Comeback Love,” “Wherever There Is Light,” and “Nothing Is Forgotten.”

His new novel, “Their Shadows Deep,” takes a dark look at power gone too far, imagining the connection between JFK’s presidential campaign in 1960 and an ex-cop’s investigation into her husband’s murder.

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