Washington post book review hellhound on his trail the stalking of martin luther king jr and the international hunt for his assassin by hampton sides los angeles times a bestselling author reconstructs an assassins life and the events leading up to the killing of the rev martin luther king jr. Hellhound on his trail the stalking of martin luther king jr and the international hunt for his assassin hampton sides this is my third hampton sides book after blood and thunder and in the kingdom of ice these first two bring the reader right into the story seeing what should be seen feeling what should be felt. Hellhound on his trail hampton sides sides does it again his book reads like a csi mystery in choosing the assignation of martin luther king sides had an incredible amount of historical documentation at his disposal. Theres still a line between narrative history and entertainment in other words and hampton sides flirts with it in his new book about james earl ray and martin luther king hellhound on . Hampton sidess hellhound on his trail recounts the assassination of martin luther king jr and the manhunt for killer that followed it is a fascinating well written piece of narrative nonfiction that captures a tumultuous time in american history