{"product_id":"the-lost-claim-large-print-paperback","title":"The Lost Claim (Large Print) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. F. Baumgartner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLori Callahan catches forgeries for a living. She's never found one with her own surname on it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe reads old paper: Queensland mining registers, transfer deeds, the dull documents that decide who owns what's underneath. So she knows what an altered date looks like. This one makes her father's claim die four years early.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the letter arrives: \u003cstrong\u003eYOUR FATHER'S CLAIM WAS NEVER CLOSED.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah Mercer has driven eleven hours to tell her the rest. A single receipt ties the worst day of his family's life to the Callahan ground, and to money somebody used the claim to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe proof exists. That's the problem. Surveillance becomes a pickup bearing down on them along a one-lane track. A court order seals the ground. Fire takes a workshop, floodwater cuts the roads, and the paper that could clear her father keeps disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the trail will take them into abandoned workings and across ground Lori has been ordered not to enter. By the time permission comes, the evidence may be gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Blood \u0026amp; Treasure and Mystery Road: clean Outback action-adventure with procedural bite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 2 in The Mercer Files; it can be read as a standalone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 394\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57219662217521,"sku":"9798997400712","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/5rm7Zg68yb9798997400712.webp?v=1793375492","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/the-lost-claim-large-print-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}