Frances asked R.G. Belsky:

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R.G. Belsky Thanks for writing, Frances. Glad you enjoyed the book.

My theories are somewhat similar to the Gil Malloy theories in the book - I don't know exactly what happened, but I don't believe Oswald was the lone shooter. In THE KENNEDY CONNECTION, I portrayed Oswald as having an iron-clad alibi for the time and place of the assassination - which was fiction. But it allowed me to pursue the line that "If Oswald didn't do it, then who did?" In real life, I think he probably was involved in some way with the events of that day- but got in over his head with people who set him up to take the lone blame for the assassination.

I took the opportunity to visit Dealey Plaza for the book and was fascinated to see it all in person. I also walked Oswald's route from the rooming house to the Tippitt murder to his arrest at the Texas theater (which made me even more convinced he couldn't have done that all within the Warren Commission timeline.)

My speculation is it was some combination of all the usual suspects I talk about in the book - the mob, right elements, anti-Castro militants, etc. Like you, I fear we will never know the answer. But I am convinced the Warren Commission report was not even close to the truth.

Meanwhile, if you liked THE KENNEDY CONNECTION, hope you'll try the most recent Gil Malloy mystery - SHOOTING FOR THE STARS.

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