The Case Of The Missing Heirloom

A dead groundskeeper. A priceless Easter egg. And a mystery Sera Craven is supposed to stay out of.

Twelve-year-old Sera Craven is helping prepare for Easter at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church when the day takes a terrible turn.

The church groundskeeper, Amos Weatherby, is found dead at the bottom of the crypt stairs.

This time, even Sera doesn't want a murder mystery.

Then another mystery finds her.

The Crimson Star Egg-a treasured Russian heirloom kept at the church-vanishes from its glass case while everyone is outside cleaning the church grounds.

And Sister Zita wants Sera and her friends to find it.

According to Professor Harrington, the Crimson Star Egg is no ordinary heirloom. Brought to Maplewood by a Russian immigrant, it has a history stretching back generations-and a legend claiming it may hold a secret map connected to treasure lost during the fall of the Romanovs.

Suddenly, everyone seems to have a reason to want the egg.

With Isabella, Mandy, Professor Harrington, Lemon, Rusty the Labradoodle, and one glitter-loving nun helping with the investigation, Sera follows a trail of mysterious replicas, family secrets, suspicious behavior, and clues that refuse to fit neatly together.

But finding the egg means getting dangerously close to questions Sera was never supposed to investigate.

What happened to Amos Weatherby?

Who stole the Crimson Star Egg?

And what secret is someone desperate to protect?

Sera may have been asked to solve only one mystery.

She's beginning to suspect the two aren't as separate as everyone thinks.

Perfect for readers who love Nancy Drew, Sammy Keyes, The Hardy Boys, and The Boxcar Children, The Case of the Missing Heirloom is a fast-paced middle grade mystery filled with clever clues, history, humor, friendship, faith, Easter fun, and a young detective who knows the truth has a way of hiding in plain sight.

The Case of the Missing Heirloom is Book Four of the Sera Craven Mysteries.