In their latest adventure, a pleasant woodland stroll through the English countryside is rudely cut short by the blizzard of the century, forcing Lori to take shelter in Ladythorne AbbeyтАФan old pile still haunted by the presence of the madwoman whose prison it once was. But the abbeyтАЩs greatest secret is the priceless jewel it conceals somewhere within its cloistersтАФan heirloom that hides a treacherous past that LoriтАЩs fellow guests canтАЩt wait to get their hands on. Only Aunt DimityтАЩs indispensable wisdom can help Lori unravel a mystery that is┬а considerably thicker than the accumulating snow in this page-turning treat.