Prominent archaeologists Walt and Jocelyn Gaines had just completed the latest phase of excavation of a fabulous Mayan ruin when they were waylaid by bandits. In the skirmish, Jocelyn was fatally wounded. The couple's three sons Clancy, Tom, and Will, are devastated, but the loss is compounded when their father suddenly cuts off all contact without explanation. Together, the trio attempt to reconstruct what happened, and discover their father living a life of surprising affluence with a mysterious young girlfriend. The brothers explore every corner of their parents' lives...only to find out that the truth is actually much more complex than they could ever have imagined.
Devastated by their archaeologist mother's murder at the site of a Mayan ruin, Clancy, Tom, and Will are further alarmed to discover that their father, who has stopped talking to them and started living with a young girlfriend, may have had a role in their mother's death. Reprint.
