Josie Waters, owner of Oyster Cove Guesthouse, is still having renovations done to the old house, when work turns up the 300-year-old skeleton of Jedediah Biddeford, whose family had once lived in the house. An old ring he always wore helped to identify the remains.
Biddeford was supposed to have died at sea, but obviously he made it home, so everyone thinks the story about a treasure is true and that it must be located somewhere on the grounds of the guesthouse.
As it happens, some of the Biddeford descendants are already staying at the inn, but for another reason. But now, it’s every man (or woman) for himself in the search for the treasure, which leads to all sorts of problems, especially when one of the family members is found dead.
All Josie wants is for the current crime to be solved in order to save the reputation of her inn — and for people to stop digging up her yard.
Lucky for her, she has some assistance from Nero and Marlowe and their feline buddies, even though they sometimes have difficulty in communicating with Josie.
An enjoyable cozy mystery.