Lynne Montgomery is checking out the sights for a future autumn tour in New England—and checking in on her mother who's soon to open a New Hampshire bed-and-breakfast. The old place needs a lot of work, but wood rot becomes the least of their problems when workmen discover two skeletons under the basement floor. Lynne's mother is frantic, and to save the B&B and her own sanity, Lynne needs to quickly identify the skeletons.