The President's shadow
By: Brad Meltzer
Edition: Wal-mart Inc. Exclusive edition.
Series: Culper Ring -- bk. 3
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781455536559
Subjects: Fiction; Officials and employees; Official secrets; Secret societies; Archivists; Psychopaths; Employees; National Archives (U.S.)
Description: To most, it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job. A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington, D.C., he's responsible for safekeeping the government's most important documents ... and, sometimes, its most closely held secrets. But there are a powerful few who know his other role. Beecher is a member of the Culper Ring, a 200-year-old secret society founded by George Washington and charged with protecting the Presidency. Now the current occupant of the White House needs the Culper Ring's help. The alarming discovery of the buried arm has the President's team in a rightful panic. Who buried the arm? How did they get past White House security? And most important: What's the message hidden in the arm's closed fist? Indeed, the puzzle inside has a clear intended recipient, and it isn't the President. It's Beecher, himself. Beecher's investigation will take him back to one of our country's greatest secrets and point him toward the long, carefully hidden truth about the most shocking history of all: family history.
Notes: Edition statement from dust jacket.