Hazel Kaplansky is a firm believer in the pursuit of knowledge and
truth-and she also happens to love a good mystery. When suspicions swirl
that a Russian spy has infiltrated her small town of Maple Hill,
Vermont, amidst the fervor of Cold War era McCarthyism, Hazel knows it's
up to her to find a suspect... starting with Mr. Jones, the quietly
suspicious grave digger. Plus she's found a perfect sleuthing partner in
Samuel Butler, the new boy in school with a few secrets of his own. But
as Hazel and Samuel piece together clues from the past and present, the
truth is suddenly not what they expected, and what they find reveals
more about themselves and the people of their cozy little town than they
could ever have imagined.