A review by jmclincoln
The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper

3.0

I really want to give this book a 3.5 rating. I enjoyed learning all about the machinations in D.C. of the early 1950s that I’d never heard about, e.g. shootings in the House of Representatives! I also appreciated Charlie Marder’s awkwardness as he enters the House as a Freshman...a great character on which to reflect all the shenanigans. However, I was asked to stretch my credulity just a bit too far in the last third of the book. Great job, though, and I look forward to Mr. Tapper’s next foray into the world of fiction. Maybe how President Polk saved America...?