The Hidden Treasure Files

The anti-establishment private investigator Will James, and his crew, are asked to help unravel a mystery that begins in a Brooklyn antique store and winds its way to the Ukraine, Germany, and China before it ends in the most unlikely of places.

An auctioneer offers up a prohibition era permit in a battered old wooden frame, beginning the bidding at just $2. Within minutes the bidding quickly moves up to $100,000. “Why would anyone want to pay $100,000 for this piece of junk?” the auctioneer wonders. You will wonder until the very end too.