 Washington liaison Bill Ruddy and mob boss Sam Giancana lay out the plan at a secluded Wisconsin fishing cabin. The "hit" will take place at Chicago s historic Blackstone Hotel, scheduled to host a Democratic fund-raiser in October. The plot twists from an assassination conspiracy into a dangerous love triangle involving a veteran Chicago cop, an idealistic Cuban assassin, and an innocent young woman who falls in love with the wrong man. Was Dallas really the first attempt on JFK s life? Vito Brancato weaves together true characters and situations to give Blackstone an eerie sense of possibility.