The Inner Circle (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Beecher: A young archivist with the National Archives and Records Administration who lost his father at a young age. He has recently broken up with his fiancee.
• Clementine Kaye: Beecher's closest childhood friend.
• Dr. Stewart Palmiotti: The President's personal physician and oldest friend.
• Orson Wallace: Current President of the United States
• Khazei: White House security, second in command.
• Minnie: President Wallace's sister
• Laurent: The president's personal barber.
• Clemmi: Nickname for Clementine Kaye
• Griffin: A bully and gang member in Wallace's home town. He has a tattoo of an eight-ball on his arm.
• Dustin Gyrich: A researcher in the archives who has been checking out Washington's personal dictionary for many years.
• Diamond: Tott Diamond. Senior Archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration and Beecher's mentor and friend, and possible subversive.
• Mr. Harmon: Head of Presidential Archives.
• George Washington: General and the first President of the United States. While leading the revolution, Washington started a secret group of intelligence operatives whose identities were to remain unknown even to him.
• Josh Wert: Add a description of this character.
• Rina: An archivist and Beecher's colleague.
• Carla
• Rupert
• Benjamin: Benjy. Beecher's given name.
• Daniel
• Nixon: Former president and White House resident.
• Iris
• Yamaguchi: Shipbuilder. Was a Japanese national who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II.
• Stewie
• Sharon
• Gina
• Mr. Farris
• Nan
• Eightball: A street gang.
• Gabriel
• Nico: A mental patient who attempted to assassinate President Wallace. He killed the First Lady.
• Mitchel
• Kenny Rogers: Tott's favorite singer.
• Ross
• Mustang: Tott's baby blue 66' Mustang.
• Don Quixote
• Entick
• Orlando: Head of White House uniformed security detail. A friend of Beecher's from Wisconsin.

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• “"You really think this is all just some innocent Three's Company misunderstanding, Chrissy?" Orlando asks.”

  Orlando

• “"Girls like Clementine, they look nice. But they can be as manipulative as a James Taylor song. Sure, they're calming and bring you to a good place, but at their core, the whole goal of the damn thing is to undo you."”

  Tott

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• “Exitus acta probat. The outcome justifies the deed.” “You know Latin?” Clementine asks. “I didn’t play Little League,” I tell her. “I don’t understand,” Orlando says. “ ‘The outcome justifies the deed.’

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• White House: The president's reading room and environs.
• United States
• Wisconsin: Beecher and Orlando's home state.
• Ohio
• St. Elizabeths: A institution housing the criminally insane.
• Virginia: Beecher's resident state.
• Washington D.C.
• Pennsylvania Avenue
• Maryland
• Culper Ring
• Washington Monument
• Jefferson Memorial

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1. Brad Meltzer (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers