Goodreads asked Kevin O'Brien:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Kevin O'Brien Good Question! Actually, I'm remotely connected with (arguably) the most famous murder of the 20th century. So there's a little mystery in that story. My family moved into a new house in Glencoe, Illinois in October, 1963. On 11/22 of that year, the FBI and local police came to our house. They were looking for the former owner, Milton Klein, who owned a sporting goods store. It was from his store "A. Heidel" (an alias for Lee Harvey Oswald) purchased (via mail order) the Italian Carbine rifle used to kill President Kennedy. My dad gave them the Kleins' current contact information. I read later that Mr. Klein felt so horrible about his small part in the assassination that he didn't even tell his sons about it until he was on his deathbed.

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