Fallen Idols : 9780446614184 : 24 Sep 2004 : Our Parents are the Reason We Exist. From the New York Times bestselling author J. F. Freedman comes a roaring suspense thriller about one family's deadly encounter and the disturbing betrayals uncovered by three brothers. But What if Everything We Thought We Knew About Them...was Wrong? Walt Gaines is a prominent archaeologist, husband of thirty years, and father of three. But after his wife is murdered near an ancient Mayan ruin, he cuts off nearly all contact with his family. Now Walt's sons decide to perform an excavation of their own. Beyond their father's sudden change of lifestyle-his new million-dollar home and young girlfriend-the secrets the sons are about to unearth are more complex, and more devastating, than anything they could have imagined...