Amazon Best Books of the Month,
January 2013: I consider myself a cagey reader, the
literary equivalent of a wizened salmon, suspicious of fakery, wary of sloppy
plotting and cliché, and ready to bail if I’m not lured in by page 50. So when
Meltzer got his hooks in me by the end of page three, and never stopped reeling
me in, I have to say I was impressed. I was also impressed that the hero of The Fifth Assassin (first
introduced in The Inner Circle) isn’t a misanthrope cop or
hard-drinking PI but a brainy archivist at the National Archives. Beecher White
is a glorified librarian, for god's sake. But with
a dash of Sherlock Holmes and a hint of Indiana Jones, White is a refreshingly
quirky pursuer of justice, and his hunt for a would-be assassin—which takes us
through history and through the secret spaces around Washington, DC—makes for a
thrilling read, as well as a nice reminder that a page-turner can be smart,
deeply researched, and just plain fun. --Neal Thompson
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