Spring is on the horizon as Winkie eagerly anticipates the purchase of a tablet with the hard-earned money she has saved. She is also thrilled about the new next-door neighbor, Robert Thatcher, moving in. All her plans are soon thwarted when she has to use her money to buy obedience lessons for her exuberant Labrador Laurel instead. However, when Mr. Thatcher asks Winkie and her friend Lynn Ann to investigate the disappearance of his great-grandfather, who disappeared on Halloween night 1883, her spirits soar.

Book Three is the sequel to Home Is Where the Heart Is and solves the mystery of whatever happened to Robert Thatcher, who disappeared on Halloween night 1883. Through teaching Laurel to be a well-mannered dog and her investigation with Lynn Ann to solve the mystery of Robert Thatcher's disappearance, God teaches Winkie the meaning of sacrifice, patience, and our human nature to invent stories about things we don't understand.