Buried Dreams — Brendan DuBois

New Hampshire magazine columnist Lewis Cole hadn't known Tyler Beach resident and amateur archaeologist Jon Ericson long, but well enough to call him friend, and was angry enough to want to know who killed him and why. His death was preceded by an excited phone message to Cole: Ericson believed he had found the elusive proof that Tyler Beach was the original Viking settlement. Had this discovery cost him his life?

Cole sets out to find what Jon had learned and whom he'd told, and confronts some odd characters, including an estranged brother with a grudge, as he stumbles upon a bitter feud between historians and academics. When someone seriously tampers with his car, Cole knows he's made an enemy. Vengeance may not be the purest of motives for the truth, but Cole's got his reasons...as well as the determination to do whatever it takes -- on either side of the law -- to make sure Jon Ericson is avenged.