The President's Shadow (The Culper Ring Series 2)

About this book

A severed arm found buried in the White House Rose Garden. A lethal message with terrible consequences for the Presidency. And a hidden secret in one familys past that will have repercussions for the entire nation. Following The Inner Circle and The Fifth Assassin #1 bestselling author Brad Meltzer returns with . . . The Presidents Shadow There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I find those stories for a living. To most it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job. A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington D.C. hes responsible for safekeeping the governments 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 Rings help. The alarming discovery of the buried arm has the Presidents team in a rightful panic. Who buried the arm? How did they get past White House security? And most important: Whats the message hidden in the arms closed fist? Indeed the puzzle inside has a clear intended recipient and it isnt the President. Its Beecher himself. Beechers investigation will take him back to one of our countrys greatest secrets and point him toward the long carefully hidden truth about the most shocking history of all: family history.