The Treasure Hunters Club
A Mystery
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3.8 • 32 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies in The Treasure Hunters Club—a rollicking murder mystery set in a seaside town filled with pirate lore, family secrets, unforgiveable grudges, secret societies, and of course, a treasure lost to time.
WELCOME TO MAPLE BAY, NOVA SCOTIA
For nearly a century, people have ventured to the idyllic seaside town of Maple Bay in search of a legendary lost pirate treasure, but locals know there’s more than just gold buried in the sand. As the paths of three strangers converge in Maple Bay, the truth is about to be blown wide open. But not before the bodies start to pile up.
Peter Barnett is rapidly approaching 40 with little to show for it when a mysterious letter invites him to Maple Bay and the mansion his estranged family has called home for generations.
Seventeen-year-old Dandy Feltzen is isolated and adrift following the death of her beloved grandfather, until his final request and a tantalizing clue sets her on a mission to solve the mystery he spent his entire life chasing.
Cass Jones has given up on her dream of being a successful author when an unexpected opportunity lands in her lap: a housesitting gig in remote Maple Bay, where she stumbles on the perfect subject matter for her breakout book—and the handsome sailor who might be just the person to help her research it.
Peter, Dandy and Cass have never met, but they’re on a collision course with each other and the mystery that has defined Maple Bay for two centuries, and none of them are prepared for the shocking truths that may or may not still be buried there.
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Ryan's ambitious and atmospheric latest (after I Hope You're Listening) centers on a seaside town's century-old legend of buried jewels. On the cusp of turning 40, call center worker Peter Barnett receives a letter from his estranged grandmother, Mirabel Bellwood, inviting him to the family mansion in Maple Bay, Nova Scotia. Peter arrives only for Mirabel to die in a mysterious accident shortly after they begin discussing her plans for the estate's future. In the wake of Mirabel's death, Peter meets 17-year-old Dandy Feltzen, who tells him about the Obelisk treasure, a collection of pirate jewels sought by her late grandfather, Mirabel, and a group of Maple Bay men who call themselves the Treasure Hunters Club—the members of which are starting to drop dead. Meanwhile, struggling novelist Cass Jones is offered a house-sitting gig in Maple Bay and meets a group of treasure-seeking sailors whom she plans to make the subjects of her next book. Ryan doesn't always toggle between his three protagonists seamlessly, but he makes up for some herky-jerky pacing with an immersive setting and a truly surprising final twist. This Goonies-esque caper delivers the goods.
