The Silver Lode: 2 (Jerome Mysteries)

The mountains near Jerome Arizona guard a secret ... an unsolved mystery that intertwines a young girls future an old mans past and the fate of a teenagers life.Beneath the ghost town that clings to Cleopatra Hill a labyrinth of abandoned mine tunnels hides a vein of silver ore mixed with pure gold-a silver lode. Decades ago the silver lodes discovery led to murder. Will more murders follow?Historian Paul Russell is at risk of losing his job and the woman he loves Marty Greenlaw. He doesnt have time to chase legends and ghost stories. But when a student drops clues to a 70-year-old case on his desk-a case connected to the silver lode-Paul seizes the chance to work with Marty and win her back.Marty loves Paul but feels she cannot marry him. When she learns finding the silver lode can save a dying child guilt from her little sisters death resurfaces. Marty agrees to delve into the mines history.As Paul and Martys search deepens suspicious deaths occur. When Pauls son disappears the case becomes personal.Will they find the truth in time to save Pauls son and the little girl? And before greed triggers more crime? Will they survive to build a future together?