A granddaughter needs Fiona Wade's help writing a report on New Bern's twentieth century accomplishments. As Fiona struggles to maintain family harmony during their search through the town's history, she also entertains her visiting daughter. A former friend of her daughter's drops by asking for assistance with an upcoming wedding. Fiona can't ignore the young woman's plea for help. To celebrate her own birthday, Fiona designs a treasure hunt among all the town bears. Fiona pleasurable family affair is interrupted when she stumbles across the town matriarch's body during an afternoon picnic. Who could have hated the woman enough to kill her? "Dodd has done it again. This third installment of the Riverwalk Mysteries is another good weekend read." The book examines a coastal town's twentieth century happenings and prompts the reader to walk the streets of New Bern and locate selected homes. The first ten "sleuths" to do so, win a prize.