Christina and Grant become caught up in an otherworldly mystery when they travel to Nevada and learn their friends, who have a ranch near Area 51, have been dealing with disappearing cattle.
Mimi tells Christina and Grant a mystery story about North Carolina's Lost Colony, complete with two boisterous boys, kidnapped coins, a foggy graveyard, a missing friend, and moonlight trip on an old sailing ship.
Four young people set off on an adventure of the coast of North Carolina and learn about the history of piracy which used to be common up and down the East Coast.
Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa head to the Great Smoky Mountains and end up in an A+ Appalachian mystery complete with an eerie mountain haze, spectacular scenery, a boisterous bear, confounding clues, and mystifying folklore.