McGurk is confined to an upstairs bedroom when he breaks his leg, but that doesn't stop him and the rest of his detective organization from uncovering a clever robbery scheme being plotted right next door.
Thirteen-year-old Hester Bidgood and her fourteen-year-old friend Rob Macgregor investigate the stoning and branding of a kitten in a New England town caught in the grip of witchcraft rumors during the year 1692.
When an expert on ancient Egyptian artifacts becomes overly interested in Joey's purchase of a small golden cat at a museum exhibition, the McGurk Organization goes to work to find out why.
The six members of the McGurk Detective Organization, young amateur detectives, are called on to help solve a case involving the disappearance of a reclusive mystery writer.