Early Praise for THE TWILIGHT TOWN: A Dallas ‘63 Novel

A fast-paced, hardboiled thriller ripped from the pages of history!

Dallas, 1963: Dan Wilson is a Dallas PD detective with something to hide. He’s secretly helping Bobby Kennedy’s FBI investigate police corruption between Captain Eastbrook and the Dallas mob. But Wilson isn’t doing it out of the goodness of his heart. He’s got his sights set on Washington and becoming an FBI man.

Officer JD Tippit is Wilson’s ex-partner. He has bills to pay, troubles at home and a career that’s going nowhere fast. He has nothing to lose when he agrees to help Wilson dig up dirt on the department’s top brass. They catch a break when they find a scared young man caught up in the Dallas underworld. His name is Lee Oswald.

Officer Harry Denton never met a corner he couldn’t cut. A proud member of Captain Eastbrook’s cadre of crooked cops, he’ll do anything to protect his boss and keep the river of dirty money flowing through the department.

Wilson, Tippit and Denton soon lose their way in a shadow world of mob bosses, bigots, bureaucrats and power brokers named Ruby, Marcello, Walker, Hoover and Kennedy. In a sweeping saga that spans the seedy strip joints of Dallas to the halls of power in Washington, these three cops are on a collision course with history. And not all of them will make it out alive.

"Terrence McCauley rocks readers with THE TWILIGHT TOWN, a new imagining of a crucial period in American history: the daze before and through the assassination of President JFK in Dallas in '63. McCauley takes a new and crucial approach to fictionalizing history by focusing on the lives of those who worked the streets of Texas and beyond. This novel will blow your mind -- and the good news is, it's #1 of a trilogy."

James Grady - creator of CONDOR and author of 2025's coming novel AMERICAN SKY

“A hard boiled what-if that convincingly imagines the dark side of Dallas leading up to the Kennedy assassination—gritty and suspenseful.”

Meg Gardiner - author of SHADOWHEART

"A worthy addition to JFK-assasination literature. What sets The Twilight Town apart is McCauley’s deep examination of the cast of characters surrounding the event, including corrupt local cops, arms dealers, Cuban rebels, and Jack Ruby himself, and the surprising window into Lee Harvey Oswald. A must-read for history buffs and anyone looking for a fresh take on an American tragedy."

I.S. Berry - Award-winning author of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (A NPR and A New Yorker's Book of the Year 2023)

"Terrence McCauley takes us back to a time and a catastrophic series of events most of us have only viewed through grainy television footage. The Twilight Town puts you on the ground, with descriptions of 1960's Dallas and the players involved in the JFK assassination plot so vivid you can feel the sticky, humid air of conspiracy and the racing heartbeats of the men trying to prevent a disaster from unfolding. McCauley's prose is so eloquent in its economy, each line of punchy dialogue landing with weight, crackling with energy and urgency. The story pulses with the rapid, pounding drum beats of the best Cold War thrillers. The only time I put this book down was to catch my breath!

Bruce Borgos, author of The Bitter Past

“Writing a fiction thriller about the JFK assasination takes guts. It also takes talent and imagination. Terrence McCauley delivers all that and more.”

Tom Straw, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author.

"They tell me this is a novel, but this rocket ride reads like McCauley was an eyewitness to history."

Matthew V. Clemens, Co-Author of the John Sands series with Max Allan Collins

"The assassination of JFK remains one of the most tragic and mysterious crimes in American history. Many, if not most, Americans consider it to be unsolved despite the Warren Report and successive governmental investigations. Has Terrence McCauley finally dug up the truth? TWILIGHT TOWN reads like true crime with the pulse-pounding narrative of a novel. McCauley expertly weaves in fictional characters with real people in a novel that will awe readers with its audacity and leave them wondering, 'Holy smokes, is that what really happened?' A must read for all who question the official narrative on JFK's assassination."  Matt Coyle, author of the Shamus, Anthony, and Lefty Award-winning Rick Cahill series

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