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Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Lily Duke uses her late father’s hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the treacherous and storied red rock canyons of Utah. When the man she once loved walks back into her life with a motley crew of his friends ready to hit the trails, the usually self-reliant cowgirl is thrown. But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group realizes the idea of hidden treasure wasn’t so crazy after all.
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
From the award-winning author of Bellweather Rhapsody, a delightfully clever novel following one woman and a supporting cast of misfits, dreamers and foes as they race to win a treasure hunt inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, left behind by a dying billionaire.
Treasure State by C.J. Box
Private Investigator Cassie Dewell’s business is thriving, and her latest case puts her on the hunt for a slippery con man who’s disappeared somewhere in the “treasure state.” A wealthy Florida widow has accused him of absconding with her fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. On top of that, Cassie is also working what’s easily one of her strangest assignments ever: a poem that promises buried treasure to one lucky adventurer has led to a cutthroat competition and five deaths among treasure-hunters.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
In a future dystopia, the one bright spot is a virtual reality world called OASIS. The now-deceased creator has left behind hidden keys that will unlock a fortune for whoever can find them.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
In a two-day span, American symbologist Robert Langdon finds himself accused of murdering the curator of the Louvre, on the run through the streets of Paris and London, and teamed up with French cryptologist Sophie Neveu to uncover nothing less than the secret location of the Holy Grail.
Home on Apple Blossom Road by Sheila Roberts
Colin Wright and Mia Blair grew up in Icicle Falls, but they left years ago–and not on good terms. Now Colin’s grandmother, Justine, has died, and they’ve come home to honor this woman they both loved. That’s when they get some unexpected news. They’re about to inherit something. Jointly. They just have no idea what. It turns out that Justine’s designed a treasure hunt for them, like the ones they enjoyed when they were kids and best friends. But they’re not kids anymore, and they sure aren’t best friends.
Havana Storm by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Dirk Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous — a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt’s children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that stone was believed to have been destroyed on the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898, which brings them both to Cuba as well — and squarely into harm’s way.
Deadly Editions by Paige Shelton
Bookseller Delaney Nichols receives a mysterious cloaked visitor one evening at the Cracked Spine Bookshop. He presents to her an even more perplexing note: an invitation to an exclusive treasure hunt hosted by eccentric socialite Shelaigh O’Connor. Delaney is intrigued, but also cautious: Shelaigh, while charming in person, has a reputation for her hijinks as a wealthy young woman in the ’70s. She was even once suspected for the murder of a former boyfriend, though ultimately cleared of all charges. But Delaney is enticed by the grand prize at the end of the treasure hunt: a highly valuable first edition copy of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
City of Dreams by William Martin
Peter Fallon and his fiancée, Evangeline Carrington, return in another page-turning adventure that spans the centuries from the creation of the U.S. to the present. To help the cause of freedom, Alexander Hamilton and others issued a series of bonds called New Emission Money, most of which was either destroyed or used. In the present, during the height of the financial crisis, it appears that a stash of these bonds exists. If true, the value, with more than 200 years of compound interest, would be immense. Fallon and Carrington race to find the bonds by following the historical trail, while the contemporary Supreme Court makes a decision as to the true value of the currency.
Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak
A group of criminals in 1946 pull off the heist of the century, stealing a dozen priceless works of art from a Boston museum. But while the thieves get caught, the art is never found. Forty years later, the last surviving thief gets out of jail and goes hunting for the loot, involving some innocent college students in his dangerous plan – and thirty years after that, in the present day, the former college kids, now all grown up, are drawn back into danger as the still-missing art tempts a deadly new generation of treasure hunters.
Passion Favors the Bold by Theresa Romain
Georgette Frost’s time is almost up. On her twenty-first birthday, the protections outlined in her late parents’ will are set to expire. With prospects for employment or marriage unfavorable at best, she decides to leave London and join her brother, Benedict, on a treasure hunt for gold sovereigns stolen from the Royal Mint.
Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich
When Grandma Mazur’s new husband dies on their wedding night, the only thing he left her was an old easy chair and the keys to a fortune, but as Stephanie and Grandma Mazur search for the treasure, they discover that two past enemies, along with a new adversary, stand in their way. The search turns into a race against time with more on the line than ever before because Stephanie’s deepest feelings will be tested – as she may finally be forced to choose between Joe Morelli and Ranger.