Lori Sheppard barely survived her last adventure, in Scotland, before she was off on her next - this time in the mountain town of Bluebird, Colorado. As soon as Lori arrives, things start to go amiss. Someone has disappeared, a charming and charismatic man seems to know more than he's letting on, and the whole town is hiding a dark secret. With Aunt Dimity's help, Lori sets out to solve a one-hundred- year-old mystery - and discovers that the strangest places can seem the most like home.