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The Price of the Promise: The Untold Story of Marilyn, JFK, and Dorothy
Two women. Two bedrooms. Three years apart.
August 1962. Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Brentwood home, a telephone clutched in her hand, pill bottles on the nightstand. The official verdict comes probable suicide. Case closed.
November 1965. 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 accidental overdose. Case closed.
But some cases refuse to stay closed.
"The most powerful female voice in American journalism, and she died believing her secrets would die with her. She was wrong."
THE PRICE OF THE PROMISE weaves together the untold stories of three American 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.
What connects the blonde bombshell and the sharp-tongued columnist?
A president. A secret affair. A red diary. And a machinery of power that would stop at nothing to protect itself.
From the halls of the White House to the shadows of the CIA...
From Madison Square Garden's infamous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to the back rooms where powerful men decided who lived and who died...
This 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.
Perfect for readers who
The Paris Wife and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo11/22/63 by Stephen KingAmerican Tabloid by James EllroySome secrets are worth dying for. Others are worth killing for.
The 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.
Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to discover the truth they tried to bury.
August 1962. Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Brentwood home, a telephone clutched in her hand, pill bottles on the nightstand. The official verdict comes probable suicide. Case closed.
November 1965. 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 accidental overdose. Case closed.
But some cases refuse to stay closed.
"The most powerful female voice in American journalism, and she died believing her secrets would die with her. She was wrong."
THE PRICE OF THE PROMISE weaves together the untold stories of three American 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.
What connects the blonde bombshell and the sharp-tongued columnist?
A president. A secret affair. A red diary. And a machinery of power that would stop at nothing to protect itself.
From the halls of the White House to the shadows of the CIA...
From Madison Square Garden's infamous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to the back rooms where powerful men decided who lived and who died...
This 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.
Perfect for readers who
The Paris Wife and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo11/22/63 by Stephen KingAmerican Tabloid by James EllroySome secrets are worth dying for. Others are worth killing for.
The 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.
Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to discover the truth they tried to bury.
420 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 29, 2026
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