Qwill has decided to rent Gage mansion in Pickax for the winter. While preparing for a newscast on the devasting fire of 1869 that ravaged part of the mansion and most of the town, he and Koko uncover some interesting artifacts that lead them straight to Gage family secrets and murder. What do the former owner's apparent suicide and the murder of a potato farmer have in common? Koko knows, and the answer will surprise everyone.