Nicky grabbed Agatha-Josephine's jacket and pulled her down to her knees. "Someone is down here with us." Agatha-Josephine and Nicky were not alone on the greenbelt in the ravine. For a moment the sunlight that penetrated through the tops of the trees down into the ravine was blocked by a figure. The twenty-foot climb down the slimy rocks was steep. This did not deter the high-school amateur sleuths from trying to solve yet another case, before the local police. The murder of the General sparked fear and questions. The safety for the residents of Woodinville plagued heavy with the local police as they tried to halt the sleuthing of Agatha- Josephine and Nicky, who were caught up in the middle of the case.

The 3rd book in the Agatha-Josephine Faraday Noonsday and Nicky Charle, Amateur Sleuth's series has more death. But at whose door?