
It’s Beecher, himself.īeecher’s investigation will take him back to one of our country’s greatest secrets and point him towards the long, carefully-hidden truth about the most shocking history of all: family history. 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. The alarming discovery of the buried arm has the President’s team in a rightful panic. And a hidden secret in one family’s past that will have repercussions for the entire nation. A lethal message with terrible consequences for the Presidency.

Now, the current occupant of the White House needs the Culper Ring’s help. Brad Meltzer is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle and ten. The Presidents Shadow - A Political Thriller by Brad Meltzer The President’s Shadow Overview Q&A Interviews First Chapter A severed arm, found buried in the White House Rose Garden. Beecher is a member of the Culper Ring, a 200-year old secret society founded by George Washington and charged with protecting the Presidency.


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.īut there are a powerful few who know his other role. To most, it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job.
