Squinting at Shadows

Non-fiction novel

J. David Bethel

Gripping, layered, and disturbingly plausible, Squinting at Shadows is a high-stakes political thriller that exposes the deadly cost of silence—and the moral price of power.

The novel is based on a true crime. The daughter of long-serving Senator Charles Percy of Illinois, and one-time presidential candidate, was murdered in the family home in 1966 during Percy’s initial run for the Senate.

The details of the crime, which remains unsolved, are faithfully represented, and the author's 35 years in politics provide an iinformed and realistic foundation for the reader.