Mandie must find her late father's missing will or risk losing ownership of his house.

During their travels thorugh Europe Mandie, Celia, and Jonathan keep seeing a strange woman who may have followed them from the ship.

Mandy, Celia, and Jonathan arrive in Holland wondering why Uncle Ned warned them that the tranquil land of windmills harbors a dangerous mystery.

"A Cherokee superstition seems to have come back to haunt Mandie and her friends - the gold they discovered has been donated to build a new hospital, but someone or something is tearing the walls down as fast as they can be built."--P. [4] of cover.

When she and her grandmother return to Franklin, North Carolina, for a Christmas visit, thirteen-year-old Mandie worries about how all the guests will get along with each other and wonders about the appearance of a mysterious package addressed to her.