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A bizarre crime scene that looks like a set from a play has been dropped into the lap of Senior Special Agent Sean Campbell of California's Department of Justice's Special Investigations Bureau. His only lead, a ten-year-old missing persons case that was investigated by then Homicide Sergeant, now turned private investigator, Marcus Maddox. Called in to consult on the case, Maddox slowly uncovers a serial killer on the loose with a peculiar blueprint for his murders, something out of a child's nightmares.

Dr. Augustus Sebastian Bach is a world-renowned expert in matters of the occult. When five children are brutally murdered in the small town of Pierre, Arizona, their bodies displayed in a mimicry of an upside down cross and scarred by Icelandic staves, Dr. Bach and his partner, forensic specialist Dr. Sumner Jefferson, are called in to consult. As Augustus and Sumner peel back the layers of the case, Augustus makes a bone chilling discovery - the person, or people, responsible for these murders may also be responsible for the murder of his parents.

Retired homicide detective turned private investigator, Marcus Maddox, has never been known for his ability to resist a beautiful woman. So, when Lauri Wright walks into his office asking him to find her missing husband, Maddox can hardly say no. Except Lauri's husband is a big-league money launderer with a lot of dangerous people nervous over his disappearance. Members of the Chinese Triads, outlaw biker gangs, and even the mob all want a piece of Maddox and his team. To top it off, Lauri Wright isn't being as forthcoming as one would expect when your spouse is missing. Then there is the suspicious death of disgraced former police officer Joe Maker and somehow, the cases are tied together. At the center of it all, the mysterious Mrs. Black weaving her web to catch the unwary.

In 1941, two American agents on a routine operation to collect intelligence on the defenses of the Dutch East Indies suddenly find themselves in a race to recover the three pieces of a key that protects the legacy of the Netherlands. Seventy years later, Jerod Grey uncovers some cryptic journal pages that set him, his dog Steve, and members of the Adventurers Club to following the path those agents took. From Monterey to Bali and from the Netherlands to Upstate New York, the Adventurers Club unearths the mystery of Wodens key. They arent the only ones searching for the key, though. Dr. Chandler LeBlanc has his sights set on the treasure that key protects, and hell take whatever steps he finds necessary to ensure he gets it.