Robbins, David L. The assassins gallery.

ROBBINS, David L. The assassins gallery. Read by George Guidall. 11 cds. 13.5 hrs. Recorded Books. 2006. 1-4281-0295-7. $199.75.Vinyl; plot, reader notes. SA

In this tightly knit alternate-history thriller, Professor Mikhal Lammeck, an authority on the history and politics of assassinations, is called from his college campus in St. Andrews, Scotland to come to Washington, D.C. The reason: a suspected plot against the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Working with "Dag" Nabbit, an ex-student of his and now a member of the Secret Service, Lammeck finds himself hunting a brilliant and lethal assassin, who soon makes Lammeck his prey. To make his job even more difficult, Lammeck finds that the Secret Service puts endless roadblocks in his path. When Roosevelt dies, Robbins's plot implies that it was not caused by a cerebral hemorrhage, as history would have us believe. Guidall performs with his accustomed brilliance, fully voicing all characters and providing a heart-pounding pace to this cerebral thriller. At the end, author Robbins details the factual events that happened during the era of the story, leaving the listener/reader to consider the relevance of the literary license he takes in "bending" history. Miles Klein, Frisco, TX

S--Recommended for senior high school students.

A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries.