A knockout combination of fact and legend, 'The Empty Glass' is a riveting debut thriller. Soon the sinister and surreal accounts recorded in 'The Book 'bleed into Ben's own life, and he finds himself trapped-like Monroe-in a deepening paranoid conspiracy. There he discovers 'The Book of Secrets'-Marilyn Monroe's diary-revealing a doomed love affair with a man she refers to only as 'The General.' In the following days, Ben unravels a cover-up that implicates the Kennedys, the Mafia, and the CIA. 'In the early-morning hours of August 5, 1962, Los Angeles County deputy coroner Ben Fitzgerald arrives at the home of the world's most famous movie star, now lying dead in her bedroom. Baker available in Trade Paperback on, also read synopsis and reviews.

Baker takes a bold run into Cain and DeLillo territory and scores.' -Barry Gifford, author of 'Wild at Heart Barry Gifford, author of Wild at Heart In the early-morning. Baker, author of The Empty Glass, about the death of Marilyn Monroe, analyzes a half century of conspiracy theories (80 percent of Americans believe.

Baker takes a bold run into Cain and DeLillo territory and scores.' -Barry Gifford, author of 'Wild at Heart'In the early-morning hours of August 5, 1962, Los Angeles County deputy coroner Ben Fitzgerald arrives at the home of the world's mos. Baker takes a bold run into Cain and DeLillo territory and scores.

The Empty Glass by J.I. Baker