Skeleton Crew — Beverly Connor

In 1558 a Spanish galleon headed for the New World with supplies for the crown's colonies sank in a storm off the coast of Georgia. Now, inside a large cofferdam constructed more than a mile offshore, Lindsay Chamberlain is excavating the site on the ocean floor.

Lindsay's research reveals that at least one passenger survived to tell the tale of the ship's voyage and destruction. His diary describes life at sea in the sixteenth century and tells of a murder that occurred on the journey and mentions another lost ship -- a galleon on its way to Spain loaded with a vast treasure of gold, silver, and precious jewels.

As modern-day pirates loom on the horizon and a hurricane blows their way, two men with ties to the archaeological site are found murdered. Tensions and trouble escalate, and Lindsay must solve the murders from among her skeleton crew of suspects. After all, who can resist the temptation of so much gold?