With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back in school, Jane Steward can finally focus on her work again - managing Storyton Hall, and breaking ground on the resorts latest attraction: a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honour of Walt Whitman. But when the earth is dug up to start laying the spas foundation, something else comes to the surface - a collection of unusual bones and the ragged remnants of a very old book. The attendees of the Rare Book Conference are eager to assist Jane with this unexpected historical mystery - until a visitor meets an untimely end in the Henry James Library. As the questions - and suspects - start stacking up, Jane will have to uncover a killer before more unhappy endings ensue ...