Title: American Death Trip - James Ellroy - book
Summary :
2010 PULITZER PRIZE
Dallas, November 1963. The heart of the American dream is shattered. A young cop arrives from Las Vegas with $6,000 in cash and a dirty job to do. He doesn't know he's about to become part of the conspiracy to cover up the truth about Kennedy's assassination. His name is Wayne Tedrow. Five years in the political underworld will take him from Dallas to Vietnam, via the American South. Five years with J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, the Mafia, and the Ku Klux Klan.