Death Benefits — Michael Kahn

Savvy, sharp Chicago attorney Rachel Gold has been hired by Abbott & Windsor to clear a hefty but controversial insurance claim following the bizarre disappearance and messy suicide of Stoddard Anderson, one of the firm's managing partners in their St. Louis branch. In order for his widow to collect, his suicide must be made to appear an accidental death. In the process, Rachel discovers that the conservative Anderson was getting into some rather peculiar cases, and perhaps a sexy paralegal as well. Even more shocking, he may have located a legendary Aztec treasure linked to a chain of grisly deaths that spans the centuries. Suddenly, what began as a dull insurance matter turns into chilling, deadly intrigue when Rachel picks up Anderson's treacherous trail. It soon becomes all too clear that Rachel isn't the only one after the lost treasure, but she may be the next one to die for it....