The Case of the Lost Treasure: A Pilgrim Hugh Incident

By Dean Wesley Smith

Hired by heirs to find two million in treasure hidden in a completely empty house, Pilgrim Hugh finds himself stuck.

The house sparkles and no stick of furniture remains.

Original house plans show clearly that no room hid behind any walls. And millions of dollars in cash takes up a bunch of room. But where?

A puzzle mystery that stumps for a short time even the great Pilgrim Hugh.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WMG Publishing
• Release date: Apr 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524298722

Dean Wesley Smith

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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Hired by heirs to find two million in treasure hidden in a completely empty house, Pilgrim Hugh finds himself stuck.

The house sparkles and no stick of furniture remains.

Original house plans show clearly that no room hid behind any walls. And millions of dollars in cash takes up a bunch of room. But where?

A puzzle mystery that stumps for a short time even the great Pilgrim Hugh.

CHAPTER ONE

PILGRIM HUGH TRIED TO GATHER his thoughts as he stared out the front window of the four-bedroom home in the northwest section of Portland. The early fall day outside was warm and the lush green of the oak trees that lined the quiet street had not even hinted at turning to fall colors.

The home still had its air-conditioning set at a comfortable seventy degrees, even though no one lived in the home. Every stick of furniture had been removed from the house two months before when Mary Ellen Ryan died