The Pearl Plot

"Botanist Millie Whitehall is making good progress surveying an old abandoned homestead until discovering the body of a missing university professor in the root cellar. Millie then learns why the homestead was abandoned shortly after it was built; another horrific murder occurred inside the cabin in 1913. Rumors of a lost silver cross, finding a pearl in a pack rat's nest, and an old man's dying story leads Millie to uncover the link between the professor's murder and the century-old murder. Millie is determined to complete her work because it could lead to the property being declared a National Historic Site. But the professor's murderer could still be around"-- Provided by publisher.