Mysteries are solved and new ones begin as Connie discovers what’s inside the old trunk, and Detective Polehaus investigates the vandalism to Whit’s End. Mrs Adelaide give Emily and Matthew a difficult assignment. A ’newcomer’ to Odyssey has to cope with tension at school. Jay is determined to get back up for a trip to Hangman’s Hollow. And Wooton finds his life complicated by the notorious Perilous Pen.