From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been more than two dozen assassination attempts on the President of the United States.
Four have been successful.
But now, Beecher White–the hero of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Inner Circle–discovers a killer in Washington, D.C., who’s meticulously re-creating the crimes of these four men. Historians have branded them as four lone wolves. But what if they were wrong?
Beecher is about to discover the truth: that during the course of a hundred years, all four assassins were secretly working together. What was their purpose? For whom do they really work? And why are they planning to kill the current President?
Beecher’s about to find out. And most terrifyingly, he’s about to come face-to-face with the fifth assassin.
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Summary
Overall The Fifth Assassin starts soon after The Inner Circle where we met Beecher White and several of his coworkers from the archives. I have not read book one where we meet Rico but did not have any problem following along with The Inner Circle and The Fifth Assassin. I recommend reading The Inner Circle before reading The Fifth Assassin. You identify with more connections and character development. I was fascinated by the reproduction of the presidential assassinations and that is what drew me to the book. We continue the conflict between Beecher and the President. We learn more about the Culper Ring. Again we have flashbacks to Beecher’s adolescent years. This
time more memories of Marshall and his disabled father. I was holding my breath when Marshall went back to the pastor’s house to get the magazines. It was an extremely tense moment. Meltzer was able to surprise me with several of the plot twists. It is a must read for conspiracy enthusiast. The author has an amazing ability to make a household item like playing cards seem like a secret tool.
Violence priests are being murdered. presidential assassinations are being copy catted.
Language I cannot remember if there was much profanity.