Paris Gold: Ten Tales of Treasures Lost and Found

Buzz Schreiber embarks on a lifelong friendship with the old lady who lives in a dilapidated mansion deep in the woods. When she dies, she leaves him a shocking gift that will change the lives of all around him. Vanessa Vander Ritz rises from Vegas showgirl to U.S. ambassador, not suspecting that what soars might plunge. In the forgotten town of Finnegan, West Virginia, someone wins the biggest lottery in state history, then refuses to reveal their identity, a mystery that proves fatal.

These are among the characters you'll meet in Paris Gold, ten tales set around the world of treasures found, evil thwarted and virtue rewarded, sometimes through outrageous twists of fate. When Noah Quackenbush launches his diplomatic career in an impoverished country run by a kleptomaniac despot, it results in changes of fortune idealists can only dream of. A gifted child lives in the basement of a Florida hotel waiting for his parents to rescue him, but first must confront a drug-dealing killer. Then there's the Chilean housekeeper who realizes her employers' pet may in fact be the devil himself.

The author of Casablanca Blue leads you on a journey filled with passion, murder and laughter to the rainbow's end of Paris Gold.