Frank and Joe unravel two mysteries, one involving a counterfeiting case and the other concerned with a national security case on which their father is working.
In 1945 Moritz Nachstern sat down in his Oslo apartment to tell the story of how he survived the Holocaust. Seven hundred and seventy-one Jews from Norway were taken during the German occupation of 1940-45. He was one of only thirty-four who came back. He nearly died in Auschwitz before he was selected for the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and the isolated Block 19. The SS watched the occupants of Block 19 carefully for it was these men who produced perfect counterfeit British and American money for the Nazis.
Counterfeit money is showing up in Stoneybrook and Stacey gets a fake ten dollar bill. The baby-sitters are worried that one of their clients may be involved.
Thirteen-year-old Sammy meets a mysterious man who dies of a heart attack after telling her to get rid of the large amount of money he is carrying, leading her to investigate who the man was and how he came to be carrying so much cash.
While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.
In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.
In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.
