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Something fishy’s going on at the Law Offices of Fern and Berry. Cat rescuer Jody went to pick up a stray cat only to find the cat replaced with another cat and the entire lobby redecorated overnight. What’s going on and what became of the other cat? Time to call Jody’s buddy, the bookmobile driver/amateur sleuth Millie Monroe.
In this prequel to the Emmie and Dessa Mysteries, follow Emmie’s Uncle Charlie and her mother Irene on the adventure of their youth.
It’s the last day of the nineteenth century and a massive theft, a sabotage of a cotton mill, has rocked their small town and put their livelihood and the livelihoods of so many others in danger. Charlie has his own ideas about who may be responsible. The police want him to leave it alone, but he can’t do nothing while his family and neighbors may be kicked out of their homes.
The straits grow more dire when Charlie and Irene learn the mill has defaulted on its insurance payments. If they can’t recover the stolen machinery, the mill will fold. And with it the whole town’s economy.
Charlie and Irene race to find the mastermind behind the theft as the clock ticks closer to the new year. Will the century change be a marker of hope? Or will it be the end for their home?