When a famed archaeologist is found dead, antique shop owner Vivian Rosario’s expertise in Silverado Junction’s silver-laden past draws her into a deadly mystery.
Vivian Rosario thought she’d left her fast-paced Chicago life behind when she opened The Vintage Vault, her charming antique shop in Silverado Junction, New Mexico. But when Dr. Garrett Wolfe, a local historian obsessed with the town’s mining history, is found dead under suspicious circumstances, the quiet life she envisioned is shattered.
A mysterious silver ingot, the last item Garrett was studying, has gone missing, and secrets buried in the town’s history are beginning to resurface. With Silverado Junction’s wealthy families and sacred Native American lands entwined in the mystery, Vivian must untangle the past to solve the murder.
But as she delves deeper, long-buried grudges and dangerous rivalries threaten to destroy everything—and everyone—she holds dear. Can Vivian use her unique ability to “read” the past through objects and uncover the truth before the killer strikes again?
With the help of her spirited assistant, Zoe, and the town’s charismatic saloon owner, Javier Torres, Vivian races to solve the mystery before it’s too late. As danger closes in, she must use all her antique expertise—and her uncanny ability to connect with the past through objects—to stop the killer from getting away with murder.
Full of richly drawn characters and a setting steeped in Old West history, *A Lode of Trouble* will transport readers to a small town where the past and present collide in deadly fashion.
