num_pages: 294
description: When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents place in Northern California she finds that wooden barrels arent the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonoma. Excited to explore the secrets of wine country Brooklyn attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under her parents communeand the findings are explosive. A room is unearthed and it contains a treasure trove of artwork rare books a chest of jewelryand a perfectly mummified body. A closer examination of the murdered mans possessions reveals a valuable first edition of Jules Vernes A Journey to the Center of the Earth. Hidden in the book is a secret map that unveils an even greater hoard of treasures brought to California by French winemakers fleeing the Nazi invasion with the commune leaders grandfather Anton among them. As reporters and art appraisers flock to Sonoma to see the precious bounty questions begin to risedid Anton hide these items to protect them or did he steal them for himself? Who is the mysterious man left for dead inside the cave? But not all crime is buried in the past. When a new presence threatens the towns peace Brooklyn decides to do a little excavating of her own and solve the mystery of the treasure before anyone else is written off. 
language: English
title: Ripped From the Pages
publisher: Berkley