The Dead Man's Claim

A dead man's stolen gold and a town full of liars greet Reuben Pennick when he steps off the coach at Doyle's Flat, a Victorian goldfield settlement seething with secrets. Trained as a clerk but armed with an instinct for deception, Reuben stumbles into a conspiracy that stretches from rigged assay scales to forged identities—and a murder that powerful men will kill again to keep buried. With only a hidden letter, a Cantonese translator, and a widow nursing her own dangerous agenda, Reuben must unravel the truth before the goldfield swallows him whole.