Bound For Gold by William Martin

Another in a series where a Rare Book Collector and his girlfriend track down a set of mysterious journals and get caught up in trouble.
Think of Clive Cussler without the boats or Steve Berry and you will have some idea of who will appreciate these books. This time they are searching for some lost journals of a gold prospector in the early days of the California Gold Rush and solving the mystery could just mean finding the second Gold Rush. William Martin gives you a modern-day thriller with a solid historical Western. The characters are witty and the action is fast-paced.