Will the clues in the ancient prayer book lead him to a treasure hidden 70 years before?
What Was Hidden: a novel of mystery and intrigue
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Ian van Leeuvan, a professor of American history, finds a newspaper clipping from 1944. The woman in the picture must be his mother, but how can it be her; Margaret was born in 1939. He finds his grandmother's prayer book in a long-forgotten box. There are cryptic clues throughout the prayer book about something, some important item hidden in the family home in Potsdam, Germany. Is the hidden treasure a journal explaining why his grandmother abandoned his mother in 1944? Ian decides for his mother's sake and his own peace of mind, he must travel to Germany and recover what was hidden.
As he searches the attic of his grandmother's old home in Potsdam, there are others also looking for the treasure Elsbet von Rippenhof stole from them in 1944. These devotees of the ancient Norse gods must obtain this lost artifact to continue their task of rebuilding the old religion. And they will stop at nothing to get it back.
What Was Hidden, is book 3 in the Deception series of the Richardson family saga. Through tragedy and triumph the series spans seven decades across two continents. What Was Hidden is the story of Ian van Leeuvan as he searches for the elusive mystery that could finally put closure on his mother's pain of abandonment and insures that the family moves forward .
If you like fast paced twists and turns, then you will love this on the 'edge of your seat' mystery.

Get What Was Hidden today to find out the secrets hidden in the attic and most of all, the artifact that will begin the resurgence of an ancient religion.