Vanessa, a freelance writer who grew up in Spain, is fleeing the pain of an unravelling relationship when she goes to her grandmother's house on Canada's east coast, near Oak Island. Her discovery of a 400-year-old diary written by a failed Spanish Dominican monk rekindles her obsession with an international, multi-million dollar treasure hunt that has drawn investors, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, from Canada, the United States, and Europe for more than two hundred years. Vanessa's arrival at a new solution to the mystery, by learning how to see beyond the barriers of reason, plunges her into an underworld from which there is no turning back. The rules that run the surface world do not apply.

Jane Bow was educated in Spain, England, and Canada. She holds English and journalism degrees and has written for Chatelaine, several major daily newspapers, and CBC Radio. During the early 1970s she worked as a newspaper reporter for Thunder Bay’s Chronicle-Journal, covering the court beat. Her short fiction has appeared in various literary magazines. Her Midnight Original true crime novel, Dead and Living, was nominated for the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award. She now lives in Peterborough, Ontario, where she has developed and taught community college communications. She works part-time as a storybuilder and environmentalist.

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