The Jefferson Key (with bonus short story The Devils Gold): A Novel (Cotton Malone)
by By Berry, Steve
Category: Fiction , Thrillers , General

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFour  presidents of the United States have been assassinated—in 1865, 1881,  1901, and 1963—each murder seemingly unrelated. But what if those  presidents were all killed for the shocking same reason: a clause  contained in the United States Constitution? This is the question faced  by former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone. When President  Danny Daniels is nearly killed in the heart of Manhattan, Malone risks  his life to foil the murder—only to find himself at odds with the  Commonwealth, a secret society of pirates first assembled during the  American Revolution. Racing across the nation and taking to the high  seas, Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt must break a secret cipher originally  possessed by Thomas Jefferson, unravel a mystery concocted by Andrew  Jackson, and unearth a document forged by the Founding Fathers  themselves—one powerful enough to make the Commonwealth unstoppable. Don’t miss Steve Berry’s short story “The Devil’s Gold” and an excerpt from The King's Deception in the back of the book.