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It was just another hot summer afternoon for 12-year-old Nathan Cole. Until the unthinkable happens. A brazen attack, orchestrated by his newfound enemy, Dan Perry, thrusts Nathan into a deadly game of cat and mouse. At stake is the ancient bookcase in Nathan's attic, rumored to contain a monumental and potentially lethal secret, put there in 1850 by his ancestor, Thomas Hammond. Fully aware of the danger, and refusing to sit idly by, Nathan takes matters into his own hands, with the help of his best friend Gina McDermott. What follows is a high-stakes series of twists and turns, and as the tension mounts, Nathan's family is forced to take drastic measures to ensure his safety. But will it be enough to save him from a powerful adversary, one with unlimited resources, who will stop at nothing to get what he wants? Is this the end of Nathan Cole and the mysterious case of secrets in his attic? Will Gina get caught in the crossfire? See what becomes of the boy whom the media has dubbed "the most famous 12-year-old detective in the world," as he tries to survive the riddle of The Grim Fugue.

12-year old Gina McDermott had a grandmother she barely knew-famed mystery writer Helen Bainbridge. That changes, however, when Gina's aunt gives her a rare gemstone-a gift, she's told, from her long-deceased grandmother. Breathtaking in its radiance, the stone is shrouded in mystery. Gina knows nothing of its origin, and has no idea why her grandmother insisted she have it. Was it a mere keepsake? If so, why had her grandmother kept it hidden for years, refusing to share it or discuss it with anyone? Was the stone be tied to a dark and dangerous secret?To find the answers to those questions, and with her own safety hanging in the balance, Gina must decipher a set of cleverly hidden clues, left behind by her grandmother. As she works to solve the riddle of the gemstone, she must elude dangerous forces that would use it for an unthinkable and deadly end. Little does she know the startling truth that awaits her or how it will forever change the course of her life. Follow her as she uses her guile and determination in pursuit of a stone ghost.