When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat,she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother coulddetect lead her to believe something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn hehad contracted HIV. While looking through his bundles of papers, shediscovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK's braindisappeared prior to the autopsy - along with the vital evidence regardingbullet exit wounds. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik'sgirlfriend in Mozambique. Louise's quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son's death takesher to Africa; a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption.Struggling to cope with sickness and the oppressive heat, Louise sees fearin every face, even unexpectedly in the patients at the clinics set up byan American businessman. In Kennedy's Brain Mankell confirms his status asa master of suspense, and delivers a timely and riveting thriller whichwill have readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.