WHEN LUCIE MONTGOMERY VISITS Washington, D.C., during cherry blossom season she doesn’t expect her reunion with old friend Rebecca Natale is a setup. But Rebecca disappears into thin air after running an errand for her boss, billionaire philanthropist and investment guru Sir Thomas Asher. Also missing: an antique silver wine cooler looted by British soldiers before they burned the White House during the War of 1812.
The Alden children visit a family friend at his apple orchard, which is rumored to be haunted, but instead of a ghost they find that some of the family's valuable antiques are being stolen. Benny is determined to find the ghost that haunts Seymour Curtis' apple orchard, but a more earthly crime becomes important.
