For ten years, the buck stopped at June Faust’s desk. Even before owning The Admiral Inn, June’s investigative prowess at Treasury burnished her reputation for solving thorny problems. After early retirement, and an impulse bid on a government auction site, she had needed every ounce of grit and grey matter to turn a derelict old mansion into a profitable business. But her renovations missed the hidden passage behind a bookcase.With that door now open, a century of secrets keeps spilling out into the lives of June and her community. Caverns, coves, and tunnels under the estate hold a history of a smuggling empire, hidden heirs, and an irreparable tear between father and son. Until she knows what it all means, she desperately needs the secrets to stay hidden, but with a discovery this big, word spreads like wildfire.June needs help and everywhere she turns, great people step up. With her innkeeping, investigating and even her finances, someone inserts themselves to pick up the slack—only June’s always been in charge. Her misgivings aren’t about taking help from time to time so much as she’s realizing she needs to pick a permanent team and trust others. And Director Ramone Delgatto, soon to be retired from her old agency, has his hand up the highest.While the people around her do their jobs, they need her to do dig into the decaying old journals of the Admiral himself to find the identities of the six victims found buried in an underground chamber. Her estate has become a treasure hunters’ siren, a politician’s photo op, and a crime scene. Any one of her unwanted guests could sink them all.