Buried Treasure. Jack B. Downs

A Kidnapping. A Suicide. An Unspeakable Decision. The young lives of James and Dylan Paxton are torn apart when their brother mysteriously disappears on a quiet street in 1954. In the wake of the crime, their family shatters. Abandoned by their parents, the young brothers are thrust into a world where they don’t belong. Now James and Dylan must find a way to survive. Tormented as social outcasts and haunted by the past, James strikes out at the world, while Dylan seeks safety in his brother’s shadow. When they discover a terrible family secret, they face the most difficult decision of their lives. And one man’s suicide could save them all. This is a story of the enduring scars left by a family’s self-destruction and the unshakable bond of two brothers as they struggle to find their own identities and their place in the world.