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IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWER
By: Martin Hill Ortiz

Skyline Murder Mystery #3
Oliver-Heber Books
April 2026
On Sale: April 7, 2026
314 pages
Kindle: B0GKQ7TNB4
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Mystery Historical

A nation on edge. A city crawling with gangsters. A plot that could change history forever.

Miami, 1933. The nation is in the grip of the Great Depression, and former New York World reporter Alan Priest is struggling to survive as a freelance journalist. His wife, Lorraine, once a sought-after magazine model, is watching her own career fade with the times. Together, they are drawn into a dangerous investigation that reaches far beyond headlines and photographs.

When Alan and Lorraine uncover a mob conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, they find themselves racing against time—and against forces far more powerful than they imagined. To stop the plot, the intrepid pair must navigate a maze of corruption, betrayal, and shifting loyalties, battling ruthless gangsters and questioning even those who claim to be allies.

With history hanging in the balance and no one they can fully trust, Alan and Lorraine must risk everything to prevent a murder that would alter the course of the nation.

In the Shadow of the Tower delivers a tense, fast-moving historical mystery set against the economic despair and political intrigue of Depression-era America. Blending real historical stakes with relentless suspense, Book Three of the Skyline Murder Series follows a journalist couple whose pursuit of truth may alter the course of history itself.