THIRD BULLET: It's not even a clue. It's a whisper, a trace, a
ghost echo, drifting down through the decades via chance connections so
fragile that they would disintegrate in the puff of a breath. But it's
enough to get legendary former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger interested
in the events of November 22, 1963, and the third bullet that so
decisively ended the life of John F. Kennedy and set the stage for one
of the most enduring controversies of our time.
SNIPER'S HONOR: Ludmilla "Mili" Petrova was once the most hunted
woman on earth, having raised the fury of two of the most powerful
leaders on either side of World War II: Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.
But Kathy Reilly of The Washington Post doesn't know any of that when
she encounters a brief mention of Mili in an old Russian propaganda
magazine, and becomes interested in the story of a legendary, beautiful
female sniper who seems to have vanished from history.
Reilly enlists former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger to parse out the
scarce details of Mili's military service. The more Swagger learns about
Mili's last mission, the more he's convinced her disappearance was no
accident--but why would the Russian government go to such lengths to
erase the existence of one of their own decorated soldiers? And why,
when Swagger joins Kathy Reilly on a research trip, is someone trying to
kill them before they can find out?
