Extensive coverage of what happened immediately after the assassination. Kauffman also questions whether Booth broke his leg when he landed on the stage and explains how Dr. Mudd was incriminated in the plot.

The author was given access to the FBI Murkin files the House Select Committe investigation of the assassination as well as Scotland Yard's file on James Earl Ray. The King family's civil action against one of the "conspirators" is also analyzed. The author concludes that there was no conspiracy.

Thoroughly researched with Rosa debunking such myths as the romantic relationship with Calamity Jane.

Oswald never testified before being shot by Ruby. He even claimed he was a "patsy" when first arrested. Fleming endeavors to compile what might have been Oswald's defense.

Garfield was murdered by Charles Guiteau, a failed lawyer and self-styled evangelist, but the deplorable state of American medical practice at the time is pointed at as a co-assassin.

The man who shot George Wallace. Very topical since Bremer was recently released.

After the death of her husband and her father, she was appointed prime minister by the Congress Party, assuming she would be a figurehead. But she had her own ideas, including declaring martial law at one point, which indirectly led to her assassination as she was murdered by one of her own bodyguards. No relation to Mahatma Gandhi.

Scheuer argues that even after bin Laden dies, America has much to fear from Islamic terrorism. Islamic terrorists are enraged by what they believe is Western aggression against their culture and America should strategize for a prolonged onslaught.

Especially topical since the last two bodies may have been found.

The first openly gay city supervisor in San Francisco, Milk was assassinated along with liberal mayor George Moscone by Dan White whose lawyers used the famous "Twinkie" defense to win him a lighter sentence.

Why was Caesar assassinated. Most would say it was because he threatened the Republic. Parenti argues it was because 99% of Roman wealth was controlled by one percent of the population. Caesar wanted to redistribute some of the land among the poor. Thus, senatorial privilege was threatened.

Youssoupov bit off more than he could chew. A hedonist before the murder, Youssoupov had to learn how to live an ordinary existence after the Bolshevik takeover.