The Enchanters

"This jazzy 1960s carnival ride of a thriller by the preeminent chronicler of Old Hollywood noir imagines that Marilyn Monroe’s demise may have stemmed from an obsession with the most powerful man in the free world. Matching the mood of its sensational subjects, the writing is sexy, nervy and drug fueled. Alongside disgraced detective Freddy Otash and the doomed star, the players include President Kennedy, his brother Robert and mobbed-up labor boss Jimmy Hoffa, who’s out to destroy the crusading pols. The plot that brings them together is sprawling and twisty: A kidnapping and the suspicious death of one of the most famous women ever to grace the silver screen brings Freddy’s special skill set back in the bosom of the LAPD to suss out the facts."