In Anchorage, Alaska, Trace Barrett, a student at the University arrives at his part time job at the museum to find the night guard dead, lying in a pool of blood. The killer has stolen an Eskimo artifact which holds the secret to finding a fortune in stolen gold bars, hidden by thieves over seventy years from a Canadian bank robbery. Trace and Detective Patricia Tuvak discover the key to catching the fugitive lies in following clues, written in Inuit symbols. These lead Trace and Barrett across the state on the trail of the killer. THE SCRIMSHAW INCIDENT is a fast paced mystery filled with intrigue and danger. It's like merging Tom Hanks in the Di Vinci Code with Richard Castle and Lieutenant Kate Beckett in the popular TV series, Castle.