Reception
Reaction to Mortal Error has been mixed. James Balducki of the Associated Press cited that Donahue's "scrupulousness" made his theory of the JFK assassination plausible. Balducki praised the book, saying "Menninger interprets the story with a sharpness and fluidity that never unravels amid the surge of detail". David Pietrusza called Donahue's theory unusual due to him not tying the assassination to Mafia, CIA, or FBI, but that there were "still problems with Donahue's theory". The Hamilton Spectator criticized Mortal Error as "missing the mark".
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