{"product_id":"the-price-of-the-promise-robert-walker-9798246033432","title":"The Price of the Promise: The Untold Story of Marilyn, JFK, and Dorothy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo women. Two bedrooms. Three years apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAugust 1962.\u003c\/b\u003e Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Brentwood home, a telephone clutched in her hand, pill bottles on the nightstand. The official verdict comes quickly: probable suicide. Case closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNovember 1965.\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy Kilgallen-America's most famous journalist, the woman who interviewed Jack Ruby and challenged the Warren Commission-is found dead in a bedroom she never uses, wearing clothes she never sleeps in, her explosive research files vanished without a trace. The official verdict: accidental overdose. Case closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut some cases refuse to stay closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The most powerful female voice in American journalism, and she died believing her secrets would die with her. She was wrong.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE PRICE OF THE PROMISE weaves together the untold stories of three American icons: an actress who built herself into a goddess, a journalist who made truth her life's work, and the Kennedy brothers whose power drew both women into a dangerous orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat connects the blonde bombshell and the sharp-tongued columnist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA president. A secret affair. A red diary. And a machinery of power that would stop at nothing to protect itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the halls of the White House to the shadows of the CIA...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Madison Square Garden's infamous \"Happy Birthday, Mr. President\" to the back rooms where powerful men decided who lived and who died...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sweeping historical novel explores what happens when the myths we create become prisons we cannot escape-and when the truth becomes too dangerous to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who loved: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Paris Wife and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11\/22\/63 by Stephen King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Tabloid by James Ellroy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome secrets are worth dying for. Others are worth killing for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Price of the Promise is a masterfully crafted work of historical fiction that will make you question everything you thought you knew about America's most glamorous-and most deadly-decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScroll up and click \"Buy Now\" to discover the truth they tried to bury.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246033432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d","brand":"Robert Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997613601023,"sku":"9798246033432","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-price-of-the-promise-robert-walker-9798246033432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}