Part 2, Superstition Exhibition: Chapters 27-32 Summary

In chapter twenty-seven, Smithback goes to the museum library and researches the Whittlesey Expedition. Smithback learns that everyone associated with the expedition is dead, lost either in the Amazon or killed in a plane crash. The crates filled with the expedition's artifacts sat in Brazil for a year before it was finally placed on a ship to New York. However, the ship was delayed in New Orleans for several months for unknown reasons.

In chapter twenty-eight, Margo is in her office when George calls to invite her to lunch. Margo is waiting for Dr. Frock to return a call so she invites George to her office. Smithback arrives before George, making it appears as though Margo has tricked George into looking up information on the Whittlesey crates for them. When they look up Dr. Whittlesey's...