There is a treasure high in the Colorado Rockies waiting for someone to find it. Jake Martin couldn’t care less. Since the death of his wife, all Jake wants is to be left alone in his mountain cabin where he and his dog, Fred, can get on with life. But when it becomes known that the location of the treasure is encrypted in a message left by a 19th century miner, people begin to die, and Jake’s … good friend and neighbor becomes the number one suspect.
The old miner used a copy of Tom Sawyer as a key to his coded message, and the real murderer wants that edition so bad, he’s willing to kill for it. Can the amateur sleuths decode the message and stop the murderer, or have Jake and Fred finally met their match?
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Enjoyed the plot, characters and the unpredictable ending. Lots of action but not the violent kind. Kept me reading.
Love all these books! Great stories and great team!
I’ve read a number of the authors books and although I won’t claim I couldn’t put them down, I will say I looked forward to picking them back up and was ready to read the next when I was finished. Entertains read!
I liked it. Was a good read.
I almost stopped reading when the character decided not to do do something a normal person would do. This is not only a truly bit of lite reading, It is the epitome of lite reading.
Wasn’t sure of this one when I downloaded for free, but it turned out to be a really good story with great characters and a really good story line. It’s kind of an original story line and was quite the page turner!
Outstanding
I’ve enjoyed all of Houston’s Books to Die For. His relationship with Fred (his dog) is how I feel about my dogs. It’s an easy read & entertaining. I would recommend this book for all.
Fun read. fell in love with the characters.
The ‘to die for’ series is just a good time easy read.
I felt the end of this one was kind of rushed but getting there was still fun.
I will read more in this set.
Enjoy the series.
Can’t wait to read on in the series…
LIke the dog, don’t like the mother. His neighbor makes a good sidekick.
Great read enjoyed the characters and LOVED the third strong character the one that barked. 🙂
Enjoyed reading!
Excellent reading very fast paced
Enjoyed the book, a good read for summer
Loved it, exciting, want the whole series.
ONe of the best books I have read from Amazon and one of the best edited or proofed…grammar, punctuation, spelling, all great!
Thought at first might not care for it but really enjoyed it and will be on the lookout for more by this author.