The museum had a new acquisition, a miniature replica of the Winter house. The little house holds a mystery that Susan, the director of the museum asks Sam to solve before she can display the house. While the little house had been stored in the attic someone defaced one of the dolls and staged a murder scene. Sam teams up with her old partner John Shepherd who is now a private detective to help her solve the murder. Their investigation takes them back thirty years and uncovers some family secrets that have remained hidden. A number of suspects are interviewed before the mystery of little man is finally solved. Sam and John have their work cut out for them as they try to solve the mystery of the dollhouse. Will they be able to navigate the maze of twists and turns that they encounter along the way to come to the truth? Will they find out the identity of the man in the doll house? Was it a real murder or just the figment of someone's imagination? CONTENT WARNING: The book touches on the sensitive subject of sexual abuse of children. There are scenes in the book where encounters are described but they are described in terms that should not offend the reader.