In this fifth installment of the Great Lakes Investigations series, private investigator Maggie is on the run from her old pack and finds herself on a cross-country road trip with the most unlikely crew you could imagine. What Is Cryptic Artifacts About?

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Maggie’s "peaceful" sightseeing trip is anything but boring. She’s joined by a vampire, his estranged son, a no-nonsense mer, and a disembodied twin living in her brain. To beat the boredom of the road, she takes a job that sounds simple: retrieve a family heirloom from a crypt.