But they do get fleshed out. Take, for instance, “Kennedy, Sinatra, and the Mafia,” which combines well-worn assassination theories with folklore that will be familiar to anyone who has seen ...

Late one winter night in 1963, a ringing phone woke up publicist Jim Mahoney. “Frank Sinatra’s attorney said, ‘You have to get up to Reno as fast as you can. Frankie, the kid, has been kidnapped.’” ...

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.