The Lincoln Myth by Steve Berry is the ninth book in the Cotton Malone series. Cotton Malone was an agent for the Magellan Billet, an intelligence agency for the United States. Cotton was recruited to the Billet after going through naval flight school and then becoming a JAG officer. After a botched mission in Mexico City, Malone retired from the agency and moved to Copenhagen Denmark to open a bookstore.September 1861: President Lincoln is in possession of a shocking secret. This information is so volatile that Lincoln must determine its best use - save thousands of American lives or keep the nation from being torn apart.
The Present: The US intelligence community is investigating an international businessman, an elder in the Mormon church. This sets off of political battle between the White House and a powerful US Senator. During this investigation, an agent for the Magellan Billet has gone missing. Stephanie Nelle, Cotton’s former boss at the Billet calls and asks a favor – an agent is running late getting to a rendezvous and she needs someone she can trust to pick up an informant. Cotton agrees and is soon caught up in gun battles and museum heists.
This story was slow and at times too buried in the history of the Latter Day Saints. Additionally, two main characters acted so out of character from previously books that it was frustrating. Stephanie was her usual “need to know”/"play everything close to the vest" personality but on steroids. It seemed that some of the troubles occurred because of Stephanie holding information back from Malone. This was definitely my least favorite of the series so far.
Rating: 3 stars
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