When the markets collapse and Sean Hannesay loses everything, including his job as a financial advisor, he considers himself lucky to find work as a delivery boy for The House of Lost Treasures. A job that'll keep a roof over his head and put food in his stomach while he waits for the economy to improve and he's able to find something better.
But being a delivery boy in the antique business turns out to be more interesting and exciting than Sean expected. After a couple of months spent fetching and carrying like a character in a Dickens novel, Sean's next assignment takes him to Paris, France, to take possession of a 17th-century cross pendant. From the moment he arrives, Sean's involved in one strange adventure after another, until he finally meets up with Raoul Dassin, the man from whom he is to collect the pendant. A man who instantly captures Sean's attention and refuses to let go.