Jake Cooper had it made, high school All-American football player, beautiful girlfriend Jenny, fame and the potential fortune of the NFL. But when he meets Chris Stephens, an 11 year-old history geek and son of a war hero, Jake starts down a path he could never have imagined.

Chris discovers a map on a mysterious medallion that he believes points to an ancient Aztec treasure. He convinces Jenny and her bully of a boyfriend Jake to leave California and join him on a secret trip during spring break to search for the treasure he believes is hidden in North Carolina. The kids are aided by a...

Peter Linwood is dead, murdered in a Detroit alley hundreds of miles from home. No one knows what he was doing in that dark alley. Furthermore, who would want to kill a boring computer salesman ... and why? His daughter, Ellie Linwood, now must put aside her graduate studies to find out what happened to her father.

Ellie finds an ally in Detroit Police Detective Emerson Smith. Together, they struggle to piece together Peter's career using postcards he sent his daughter from every hotel he stayed in over the last twenty years. In the midst of their investigation, Ellie receives a...