Noted author, screenwriter and film director Tom Avitabile maintains “Conspiracy thrives in the fertilizer of bad journalism and bad policing.” His latest novel, ASK NOT! illustrates how conspiracy theories can take on a life of their own and become life-threatening to those who dig too deep. Avitabile offers up a fresh, provocative look back at the terrible events of November 22,1963 and weaves a tale both plausible and mysterious.

In a Hitchcockian way, Avitabile presents the “MacGuffin”, a faded photo—the so-called “Polaroid #7”—which holds out a possibility of long overdue accountability for murderers and vindication for pilot Hank Larson’s brother, slain for his possession of the yellowed image. Hank’s attempts to clear his brother’s name place him squarely in a new set of crosshairs, targeted by killers desperate to conceal the truth about an evil deed that changed the world.