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Mary's Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace Hardcover – April 2, 2012

by Peter Janney (Author), Dick Russell (Foreword)

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Winner – 2012 Hollywood Book Festival for General Non-Fiction

Honorable Mention – 2012 New England Book Festival for General Non-Fiction

Honorable Mention - 2012 London Book Festival for General Non-Fiction

Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive? Had Mary Meyer finally put together the intricate pieces of a plan to assassinate her lover, President Kennedy, with the trail ultimately leading to the CIA? And was it mere coincidence that Mary was killed less than three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission report?

These are the questions that author Peter Janney finally answers in a way that no one else ever has. In doing so, he may well have solved Washington’s most famous unsolved murder. Based on years of painstaking research and interviews, much of it revealed here for the first time, the author traces the key events and influences in the life of Mary Pinchot Meyer, including her first meeting with Jack Kennedy at the Choate School in 1936; her explorations with psychedelic drugs; her relationship with Timothy Leary; and finally how she supported the president as he turned away from the Cold War toward the pursuit of world peace. As we approach the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination—and Mary Meyer’s—Mary’s Mosaic adds to our understanding of why both took place.

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April 2, 2012
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“Penetrating insight into the still-hidden history of an era . . . a mesmerizing page-turner.
” (Dick Russell, New York Times bestselling author )

“Mary’s Mosaic just might have solved a great murder mystery. This is a must-read.
” (Jim Marrs, author of the New York Times bestseller Rule by Secrecy)

About the Author

Dick Russell has written for such varied publications as Time, Sports Illustrated, and the Village Voice.His books include The Man Who Knew Too Much, Black Genius, and On the Trail of the JFK Assassins. He is also the coauthor of several New York Times bestsellers, including American Conspiracies, 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read, and They Killed Our President.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse; 1st edition (April 2, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1616087080
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1616087081
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.77 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 6.3 x 9 inches

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Erudite

Open your mind, seek & you will find truth

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016

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Mary's Mosaic by Peter Janney is perhaps one of the best books I've ever read. Rating it with 5 stars is not enough because it deserves much more.
Most Americans who were living at the time can tell you exactly where they were the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. I was 14 at the time & still at school in one of my 9th grade Jr. High classes when it was announced our President was shot. A prayer was spoken, school was dismissed & we were asked to go home quietly & reverently. When I arrived home my mother was glued to the television and crying. Shortly afterwards his death was announced. Just 2 days later my mother & I watched as Lee Harvey Oswald was shot & killed by Jack Ruby on live TV. My mother wasn't certain how to handle the shock & the fact that her 14 yr. old daughter had just witnessed an actual murder. Looking back, it was incredibly surreal. Nearly one year later, the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer went unnoticed in our home. Although my father read the newspaper every day - every page from front to back - he never mentioned it. Having learned a little about Mary Meyer in my research, I decided to read Mary's Mosaic. I'm only sorry I didn't read it sooner.
To begin with, the amount of research through official documents to eye witness accounts, interviews, taped conversations, autobiographies, biographies, and personal knowledge has been exhausted to create this amazing story. Peter Janney has given his life to seek justice for a remarkable woman who he had known since he was a little boy. She left an indelible mark in his life as the mother of his best friend who was killed at the age of nine when hit by a car. As she mourned for her son she gave Peter love and support during the most difficult times in her own life. When he learned of her death in 1964 he was devastated.
This book reveals many things about our country, our government that will shock its readers. It will also confirm information that we've been told to ignore as "conspiracy theories", lies or unsubstantiated rumors. Read this book with an open mind, to desire truth & honesty. You will not be disappointed.

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Ernest Buckler

Stunning reveal of D.C. deceit by Elites playing their power games - at OUR expense!

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2018

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Wow. 50 yr old story infinitely researched by one who lived it and was affected by all the events around the powerful families close to D.C. during the Kennedy yrs, and before and after. Some add'l shocking details re CIA plots to deliberately destabilize peace talks...who knew that the U-2 shoot-down over Russia was engineered BY the CIA?! Eisenhower was furious with Allen Dulles over that! This book ties in very well with David Talbot's "The Devil's Chessboard" - the story of A. Dulles.... whose grave every citizen should make a sincere effort to piss on. Also found it v. interesting that LSD was being experimented with in halls of power. Details of JFKs affairs do lead ultimately to true change of heart thur Mary Pinchot Meyer after her divorce from Cord Meyer, a strong pacifist corrupted by Dulles when he became a CIA employee. Long read superbly researched with extensive references to letters, papers, and interviews with other writers who also wrote about the CIA assassination of a JFK lover who knew too much - AND influenced Kennedy to seek world peace - which Dulles would not allow.

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Samantha Smoot

Frustrating Read

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2018

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This book was a bit of a mess. Chronological order would have helped. There was too much jumping from this to that. There was also an abundance of biographical, and autobiographical, information that only served as filler. The author put forth theories, opinions, and fabricated scenarios but, at the end of the day, this book was all hat and no cattle. Whatever "evidence" any of the players here claimed to have, it was all missing, destroyed, unsubstantiated, etc. The author also wrote, repeatedly, that Mary would have done this, or not tolerated that, when, in fact, there is no way he could possibly know that. He knew her when he was a child, and certainly not well enough to predict her actions and responses. My mind is still reeling from the fact the author states another author was in possession of Mary's "real" diary, yet now nobody knows where it is. Seriously? No copy was made? This book is made up of a few interesting facts and a lot of smoke and mirrors. That being said, I am convinced the CIA had a hand in both of these murders. There is just a tremendous lack of evidence and plenty of plodding writing between the covers of this book.

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Peter Mccormick

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Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2019

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Other reviewers have described Mary's Mosaic as filled with speculation, theory and opinion. I would add gossipy. Peter Janney is not a professional investigator or journalist and seems never to have heard of the "two sources" rule. Apparently he wrote the book because he knew Mary Pinchot Meyer personally through his acquaintance with one of her children, who was one of childhood playmates, and wanted to learn the truth about her murder. Fine. But why publish what he learned, given his awareness of Mary's desire for personal privacy (her children stopped speaking to him when they found out he was working on the book, and the title of a biography of Mary describes her as "A Very Private Person"). The part that I find interesting -- despite its somewhat speculative nature -- is his reconstruction of the actual murder of Meyer, which seems to have the CIA's fingerprints all over it and bears some striking resemblances to the murder of President Kennedy a year earlier. If you're looking for a gossipy and speculative account of a murder tangentially related to the assassination of John Kennedy, this may be just what you want.

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Andy Bee

If you love a good crime thriller and at the same time ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2017

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If you love a good crime thriller and at the same time want to know why the world is in the mess it is today (i.e. on the verge of a third world war), then pick up a copy of this book.

Janney, a history graduate and practising psychologist, spent 10 years researching and writing the book, the subject matter of which was painfully close to home. As a child, his family were friends with the Meyer family, meaning that he knew Mary Pinchot Meyer personally. In addition, Janney's father was a high-ranking CIA officer, the significance of which will become clear when you read the book. It is this which adds a poignancy to the story Janney narrates.

The book tells the story of Mary Pinchot (later Mary Pinchot Meyer), born into a Washington “elite” family (as was Janney), who was murdered just under a year after the murder of JFK. Janney presents compelling evidence that Mary was not only JFK's lover but had an influence over him that was far deeper than romantic.

Pinchot Meyer, far from being a JFK “bimbo”, was an accomplished and intelligent woman who, it appears, became a confidant and unofficial “advisor” to Kennedy. Janney makes a conclusive case to show that it may have been Mary's influence that was instrumental in turning JFK away from the Cold War, making secret overtures to the USSR in an attempt to foster world peace and preparing a US de-escalation of the Vietnam War.

In writing about the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer, Janney spends a significant amount of time discussing the assassination of JFK, the prelude to Mary's murder. He makes the best case I've read so far for a US Intelligence (primarily the CIA ) plot to kill Kennedy and then falsely pin the murder on Lee Harvey Oswald. In fact, the book closes by citing a CIA document, a veritable “smoking gun”, pointing to CIA involvement in the killing and signed by Janney's own father.

Devastated at the loss of the man she loved and having read the Warren Commission report on the JFK murder, Mary started talking to Washington insiders she knew about the case. She quickly came to the conclusion that the truth was being covered up and was apparently threatening to talk publicly about what she knew. It was this, Janney claims, that prompted the same agencies that had killed JFK to also dispose of Mary Pinchot Meyer.

The fact that we still live with the legacy of the murder of JFK, Mary Pinchot Meyer and others, means that this is a must read for anybody wanting to understand the current geopolitical situation. It is also a thoroughly well researched, well written and very entertaining (if ultimately tragic) read.

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Zelda

Confirming all our fears of the 'Deep State'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2017

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A fascinating and very well researched book, although to those of us who have delved long and hard into the true evils of the 'Deep State', there was little that came as a surprise, particularly in regard to the CIA - one of the most evil and out of control organisations in the world.
How sad that Kennedy never got to break the CIA into a thousand pieces and they continue on their unanswerable way to this day.
I highly recommend this book - both to those to whom the revelations will come as totally shocking and to those of us who are just adding to the litany of evil emanating from those who truly hold the power in the United States - please read.

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Dr. J. A. Sullivan

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2021

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I'm a bit of a Kennedy buff: I've read many books about the events and mysteries surrounding the assassination. I've never read anything quite as haphazardly, repetitively assembled as this. Trying to read in on a kindle was dire. there are so many footnotes and endnotes and accidentally touching one rocketed me to it, and then I couldn't find the place I'd been. It could have been exciting and informative, but it was so repetitive that after persevering for about three-quarters of the book I gave up.

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Behind the mirror .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2017

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Absolutely the best book I have read in 30 years ,and an incredible insight into the American Intelligence community and its malignant effect on the so called free world. If they can do this to their own then god only knows what they are capable of anywhere throughout the free world. Read and be horrified.

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Susan Walker

Murder for sure Conspiracy? Definitely

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2017

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This is thoroughly well put together list of events, background and who was who, in the murder of Mary Meyers. The conclusions drawn by pulling the evidence or what can be counted as fact are clear and concise. It does lead to the only conclusion that Mary Meyers was murdered by the CIA and leaves many reasons why it should be revisited as to who pulled the trigger

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