Once again Nell Pratt has to dig into the past to solve a murder in the presentβ¦
Between the challenges of her position as president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia and of taking her relationship with FBI agent James Morrison to the next level, Nell Pratt has got her hands full. Nevertheless, when a powerful developer approaches the Society to make sure the old dairy farm he wants to level is not hiding any archeological or historical surprises that could derail the project heβs planning, Nell decides to make time to personally accompany him to the proposed site.
But when they get to the property, they stumble upon a startling discoveryβa body floating facedown in a pond. The dead man turns out to be an amateur history enthusiast, who may have uncovered secrets about the farm that got him killed. Now itβs up to Nell and James to get to the bottom of things before there are more deadly developmentsβ¦