The Jefferson Key (with bonus short story The Devil's Gold): A Novel: 7 (Cotton Malone) - Softcover

"One of the most spellbinding and ingenious openings in all of thrillerdom."--David Baldacci

"A superbly paced novel of mystery and adventure . . . [Berry's] love of history resonates throughout this lively and imaginative tale."--The Denver Post

"The Jefferson Key is Steve Berry at his very best. . . . This book will raise his reputation to a whole new level."--The Huffington Post

"Ingeniously plotted . . . Berry offers plenty of twists and vivid action scenes in a feast of historical imagination."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Fast and furious."--Booklist

"The Jefferson Key starts with a bang and holds the reader in its grip until the last page: fascinating American history, up-to-the-minute politics, pulse-pounding action."--Vince Flynn

"The Constitution . . . secret codes . . . loads of history . . . and pirates! What else does anyone need? The Jefferson Key won't just haunt your nights--it'll haunt your life. Cotton Malone is coming back to the scariest place of all: home."--Brad Meltzer

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Four 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.