The Jefferson Key
An action-packed crime thriller suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author
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'Non-stop action' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Four United States presidents have been assassinated, each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time.
But what if those presidents were all killed for the same reason: a clause in the United States Constitution?
This question is what faces former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone in his latest adventure. When a bold assassination attempt is made against President Danny Daniels in the heart of Manhattan, Cotton must battle an extraordinary group of families whose unseen influence dates back to the pages of the U.S. Constitution - and whose thirst for power is about to be satisfied by the cracking of a code devised by Thomas Jefferson himself...
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry, don't miss the next action-packed Cotton Malone novel, perfect for fans of Dan Brown and David Baldacci!
Readers LOVE the Cotton Malone series:
'My kind of thriller' Dan Brown
'Steve Berry at his best' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Berry raises this genre's stakes' The New York Times
'One of the best action books I have read' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I love this guy' Lee Child
'Full of adventure and knowledge' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'As always with Steve Berry, you're educated about significant things while your knuckles are turning white and the pages are flying by' David Baldacci
'Fast, non-stop action! I find Steve Berry's style and character development some of the best in the action genre. Please keep them coming!!' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Berry's ingeniously plotted seventh Cotton Malone novel (after The Emperor's Tomb), former U.S. Justice Department agent Malone, who's been summoned to New York City by his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, manages to thwart an attempt to assassinate the U.S. president outside a midtown Manhattan hotel. Malone soon finds himself in the middle of a power struggle with roots in presidential history. A cipher formulated by Thomas Jefferson and employed by Andrew Jackson has been unbroken for 175 years. Documents hidden by Jackson contain the key to the legitimacy and the wealth and power of the Commonwealth, a coalition of privateers or pirates dating from the American Revolution. Malone and his lover, Cassiopeia Vitt, must match wits and survival skills with several formidable foes, including rogue agent Jonathan Wyatt and Quartermaster Clifford Knox of the Commonwealth. Berry offers plenty of twists and vivid action scenes in a feast of historical imagination. Author tour.
Customer Reviews
The Jefferson Key
Couldn't recommend this book, I found it a difficult read. I really struggled to maintain interest in the plot. The story jumps around a lot so the characters blur particularly earlier in the story. The main theme of the story, the "pirate" aspect, is so heavily laboured and clumsily done that I found it irritating rather than engaging. Not for me.