The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle

Beecher White, an archivist for the US government gets caught up in a life and death situation when he finds a book that may or may not belong in the archives. When a friend and security officer dies, he is determined to find the answers. It all begins with the reacquainted with a childhood friend he had a crush on. When he gives her a tour of the archives, they find the book; soon afterward his friend dies. Was it a heart attack or murder? Is Beecher the murderer or an innocent bystander? And why is everyone trying to locate this book he has found? Beecher gets caught up in a conspiracy that could rock the nation. Brad Meltzer's novel is a thrilling mystery filled with surprises up until the very end. You won't want to put this book down.

18 out of 23 people found this review helpful.

Read knowing you won't be able to put it down

This is the first novel that I've read by Brad Meltzer, just finished it and I'm hooked! I've never really been interested in mystery novels and chose this one on a whim and what a ride. The story moves quickly, has very interesting characters and doesn't slow down from one page to the last. I've already selected two more books that he's written and can't wait to start. I especially like the continuity from one chapter to the next. There's nothing worse than starting a chapter, either years past or way ahead or a character you've never heard of and trying to link that with what you've read to that point. I honestly don't have one negative comment about this book. I think this book will appeal to everyone. While the characters and their roles are complex, the story is easy to follow and you won't know until the last page who's who! There is a great plot behind the obvious that focuses on integrity and character and challenges all the characters with the choices of doing the right thing or what will benefit them at the moment. Would we all have the backbone to make the choices offered in this story? Read it and see....

10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

B&N is unable to download this book

Wish I could read this book but B&N is UNABLE to download to the NookColor. Customer Support has no idea why. the customer support person was extremely unhelpful and have very little knowledge. All he could do was read from a script. His ONLY solution was to delete everything from my NookColor thus losing all bookmarks, highlights and notes.

9 out of 25 people found this review helpful.

don't waste your money

i have enjoyed other titles by the same author, but this book is horrible. it ended so abruptly i thought my nook was acting up. the characters are not likeable and the plot is sub-par. don't waste you time or money with this one

7 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

disappointed

fast paced but bad ending

3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

poor ending

potential for a great twist, but then the story ends. i felt cheated.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

bad ending

love this author but the book leaves you hanging...great historical references, the beginning of great character development and story line and then....nothing...book over??? Actually thought there was a problem with my Nook....

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

NOT one of Meltzer's best!

Slow start, unbelievable and unlikeable characters....couldn't wait to finish it and even the end was ho-hum!

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

not worth it

Unless you are archivist do not bother to read this book. I made it through 2/3's of it and had to quit. It is terrible!

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Not my favorite Meltzer

A little convoluted and hard to follow. The whole book seemed to build toward the ending which is a perfect setup for a sequel.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Lame

On the lame side. The free novel that came with it was much better, and mad it worth the price.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Please, No Sequel!

The Inner Circle is a lame story told in a Nancy Drew fashion about archivists in the United States government. A muddy mystery is discovered involving the President, but it hardly matches up to the real scandals we read about, nor is the hunt for the truth remotely believable. With a new member added to the inner circle at the end, one might think the author has sequel in mind. I sure hope not.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Would recommend if it wasn't so wordy

Could have been excellent if it didnt have so much unnecessary descriptive filler. Too wordy and too many pages but with a good plot and interesting story. Does he get paid by the word? You can skim a lot of pages and only hone in on the text that makes the story.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Don't Bother

If you read this one you will be confused throughout and disappointed at the ending. Trust me on this one.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Disappointing!

If you are looking for an engaging novel populated with Washingtonian intellectuals with a noble purpose, stick to the Camel Club. While there are some well defined, admirable characters in this effort, it contains far too much dialogue, some of it unnecessary to either plot advancement or character development, and while the first chapter has a great hook, and while I enjoyed how Beecher gets himself drawn into intrigues of great importance, the true life drama of relatives, close friends and advisers to presidents who have altered the political balance in order to protect someone close to the president, or the president himself, from crimes committed in youth have made better reading than this contrived fictionalization. And when it comes to museums and libraries as centers for intrigue, Preston and Child do it better. As for conspiracy in government, Balducci does it best.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not up to Meltzer's usual standard.

I was disappointed with this book.
Reflecting on why, I think it is because the hero of the book is such an unlikely hero. He is painted as something of a wimp. We like our heroes to be strong, not reluctant.
The plot got a little unbelievable as the book progressed. The only thing that kept me until the end was guessing who were the good guys and who were the bad guys. There were a lot of surprises and then greater surprises. The last few chapters tying up loose ends were anti-climatic.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Compeling

This book was keep reader the end was a disapointment. Is there going to be a #2? All in all a good read.

Great story

Loved it and cant wait for the next

I watch Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the the History Channel, so I

I watch Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the the History Channel, so I was excited to read his work. The Inner Circle was the first one, and while I didn't love it, I thought it was good. The witty and thoughtful prose reminded me of his narration on the show. The end of the book makes me wonder if Meltzer is planning to continue Beecher and Clementine's stories. I hope so.

Great Book hated the ending

I THOUGHT I WAS MISSING CHAPTERS AT THE END. HATE THE ENDING