Detective Jim Higgins becomes suspicious when stolen Iraqi treasures from the National Museum in Baghdad show up in a La Crosse, Wisconsin, antique store. But that’s just the beginning. A delivery truck is bombed, and the driver is killed. The discovery of its surprising cargo deepens the sinister mystery. Higgins and his team must untangle the source of the ancient stolen antiquities and find a murderer with a dark, evil secret.

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Sue Berg opens her new novel with a bang—literally. As autumn descends, a deadly explosion rocks the serene hills and valleys of Wisconsin’s Driftless area. When more bodies show up, detectives—and readers—wonder whether this case involves more than one killer. As pressure mounts, the investigators also grapple with personal problems, past and present, that in some cases place targets on their backs. Join Berg as she weaves descriptive scenes and well-drawn characters into a story of crimes with international implications.

~Greg Peck, author, Death Beyond the Willows and Memories of Marshall