{"product_id":"9781250058447","title":"The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone Series #10)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe history of America's income-tax law can be found in the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. But someone has unearthed a secret that calls that law into question. Now it's up to Cotton Malone to learn the truth. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce a member of an elite intelligence division within the Justice Department, Malone is now a retired bookshop owner in Denmark. But when his former boss, Stephanie Nelle, asks him to track a rogue North Korean who may have acquired some top secret Treasury Department files-the kind that could bring the United States to its knees-Malone is vaulted into a harrowing twenty-four-hour chase that begins on the canals in Venice and ends in the remote highlands of Croatia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Loaded with action, character sketches, [and] fascinating history...along the lines of \u003ci\u003eThe Da Vinci Code\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith appearances by Franklin Roosevelt, Andrew Mellon, a curious painting that still hangs in the National Gallery of Art, and some eye-opening revelations about the dollar bill, Malone's high-stakes investigation will ultimately beg the question: What if the federal income tax is illegal? Now it's up to him to find the answer-at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of Berry's best books to date.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045648089328,"sku":"9781250058447","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250058447_p0.jpg?v=1763702340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250058447","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}