The Secrets of Clayton County: A Novel

Have you ever bartered products or services? What would you say if someone exchanged Indian pottery for their accountant's tax services? Is that bartering? Can they be taxed?

Well, they can. And that's why IRS examiner Sarah Hunter descends upon a small river town in Iowa, like a fox in a hen house, to investigate potential tax resisters who barter.

Her mission is clear. Get the government's money. But is the big government machine right? Or, do these small town neighbors have the key to surv...