While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. China must finally admit what Ruby has always known - their building is haunted. But by whom? As China investigates, the tragic story of a woman in one of the old photographs unfolds. Annie Laurie was a young widow who lost both her husband and her child on the same day. She manages to survive through her lace-making business and finds happiness again - only to have a suspicious death overshadow her new life.