Right after Mika discovers the body of her beloved grandfather in their quiet kibbutz, she also finds out his death was not an accident.
Her search for the truth uncovers a decades-old secret buried deep in Europe, in a Swiss bank vault containing documents that could expose the fate of Jewish assets stolen during World War II.
As Mika follows the trail from Israel to Europe, she realizes that powerful forces have been hunting this secret for generations.
Some will kill again to keep it hidden; others will kill to gain control of it. Everyone around her becomes a suspect.
Secrets in the Vault is a fast-paced international thriller that moves between present-day Israel and war-torn Europe during World War II.
Mika lives a quiet life in a kibbutz with her beloved grandfather, Monia, the man who raised her and taught her strength, independence, and courage. But her world collapses when she finds him dead under mysterious circumstances.
Refusing to accept the official explanation, Mika begins her own investigation. Her search quickly reveals that her grandfather was hiding a secret connected to his past — a past that stretches back to Nazi-occupied Europe.
Decades earlier, Monia was a young Jewish law student in Budapest during the Second World War. As the Nazi regime confiscated Jewish property across Europe, Monia risked his life to secretly preserve documents proving the ownership of assets stolen from Jewish families. Before being captured by the Nazis, he managed to hide the documents in a safe-deposit box in a Swiss bank vault.
Monia survived the Holocaust and eventually built a new life in Israel. But the secret he protected never disappeared.
Now, as Mika follows the clues her grandfather left behind, she discovers that powerful individuals have been searching for the contents of that vault for decades. Her investigation leads her across Europe, where she encounters allies, enemies, and people whose true motives remain hidden.
The deeper Mika digs into her grandfather’s past, the clearer it becomes: the secret inside the vault could expose crimes that powerful people would do anything to keep buried. It is also worth a lot of money now, and this fortune turns her friend into enemies who will do everything to get it.
Including murder.
