Book Log 2019 #16: The Bishop's Pawn by Steve Berry

This is last of the Cotton Malone novels to take place in the US (for now, at least), and that's probably for the best. A prequel, we get a lot of backstory about Malone's personal and professional life, notably how he winds up working for Stephanie Nelle and the Justice Department. The actual case (his first for Nelle) involves the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination, and you'll be surprised to learn that what the public thinks happened is not what actually went down.

I liked that the book spent time filling in the past, but the actual historical conspiracy fell flat. Maybe there just needs to be more World Heritage Sites in the US for Malone to shoot up.