"Hilda, formerly a housemaid and now a lady, is pregnant with her first, longed-for child - but she's miserable in the scorching Indiana summer heat in 1905. Since she's making everyone else miserable as well, her family encourages her to look into some current local crimes to take her mind off her discomfort. No one thinks she'll actually be able to solve matters of labor unrest, arson and train wrecking, especially since custom forbids her even leaving the house. But they reckon without Hilda's quick mind and stubborn determination to see the job through - even the when the crime wave turns into murder, and touches her nearest and dearest." -- publisher's description.