June 2015
On Sale: June 2, 2015
Featuring: Brooklyn Wainwright
336 pages ISBN: 0451416007 EAN: 9780451416001 Kindle: B00OQRL5J8 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parentsβ place in Northern California, she finds that wooden barrels arenβt the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonomaβ¦.
Excited to explore the secrets of wine country, Brooklyn attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under her parentsβ communeβand the findings are explosive. A room is unearthed, and it contains a treasure trove of artwork, rare books, a chest of jewelryβ¦and a perfectly mummified body.
A closer examination of the murdered manβs possessions reveals a valuable first edition of Jules Verneβs A Journey to the Center of the Earth. Hidden in the book is a secret map that unveils an even greater hoard of treasures brought to California by French winemakers fleeing the Nazi invasion with the commune leaderβs grandfather, Anton, among them.
As reporters and art appraisers flock to Sonoma to see the precious bounty, questions begin to riseβdid Anton hide these items to protect them, or did he steal them for himself? Who is the mysterious man left for dead inside the cave? But not all crime is buried in the past. When a new presence threatens the townβs peace, Brooklyn decides to do a little excavating of her own and solve the mystery of the treasure before anyone else is written off.β¦
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