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New reading material arrived! I am looking forward to #reading this, but I am notoriously bad at regularity, so please don't expect a full review any time soon :D

"Supernote by Jim Davidson, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent - Retired. Inspired by an untold true story".

It's a beautifully presented hard cover #book with a story I'm looking forward to getting into!

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Front cover of the book with yellow squares on darker yellow and falling US $100 bills. The title "Supernote" above "Jim Davidson" with the by line "U.S. Secret Service Special Agent - Retired.

Above: "Inspired by an untold true story." with a gun and handcuffs visible as well.

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"FICTION
A gripping, fast-paced read. Jim Davidson's epic story would be impossible to believe if it wasn't true." -- Martin Dugard, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Taking London.

"Supernote - The compelling inside story and shocking wake-up to how close the world came to financial chaos." - George Goldsmith, screenwriter of Children of the Corn.

"SUPERNOTE" IS A COUNTERFEIT $100 BILL SO UNDETECTABLE, IT THREATENS TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

ONE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE SPECIAL AGENT CROSSED INTERNATIONAL BORDERS FROM THE IGUAZU JUNGLE IN ARGENTINA AND PARAGUAY, TO CASINOS IN MOSCOW, SAFE HOUSES IN BEIRUT AND THE BACK ALLEYS OF PHNOΜ ΡΕΝΗ ΤΟ UNRAVEL THE DISTRIBUTION ROUTES OF THE DPRK, HEZBOLLAH, PLO, PFLP AND IRA ALL SUPPORTING THEIR LETHAL OPERATIONS WITH SUPERNOTE FUNDS.

SPECIAL AGENT ROSS GARRETT'S INVESTIGATION CULMINATES IN ARRESTING ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED FUGITIVES AND DISMANTLES THE INFAMOUS SUPERNOTE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, UNBEKNOWNST TO A WORLD OBLIVIOUS TO JUST HOW CLOSE IT OTHERWISE CAME TO GLOBAL FINANCIAL CHAOS.

As a Special Agent of the United States Secret Service, Jim Davidson protected six Presidents as well as many international dignitaries. As Assistant Special Agent in Charge of three Headquarters Divisions, he directed counterfeit currency investigations and Treasury-related forgery and fraud investigations, giving him keen insight and firsthand knowledge of this dangerous and fascinating corner of crime.

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