Murder And The Monalet Ruby

When Ardis is sent to South Dakota to handle a bequest of pioneer and Sioux artifacts left to the University of Chicago by wealthy private collector Anthony LaMoine, she gets a load of trouble that she hadn't expected - a stolen ruby, a friend's missing son, and a skeleton in the cellar! Ardis learns that Anthony had an adopted son. For reasons unknown to Ardis, his son ran away from home during his teenage years. "e;Find the son,"e; the housekeeper tells her, "e;and you'll find the thief."e; But is the son really the guilty party? And is the mysterious writer-historian Seldon Drake really the man he claims to be - or an imposter?