Ir's almost Halloween!! Meg is out of control with group costumes, a haunted house at the Luzzi mansion, & a fight with Lacey?? Say it isn't so. When the two best friends have their first fight right in the middle of a three day case for Lacey it's a battle of wits, torture & a little humor. Lacey is on the case for Carlos to retrieve an item before the Halloween bash that she can't share with ANYONE since the thief might be on the household staff.. She struggles to keep the case from Meg, Clay, & Anthony. As she and Anthony's relationship grows stronger Nora continues to meddle, Clay remains disinterested, & Meg is being another person. Adding to that stress, Lacey is on the hunt for her biological father and of course her friends are with her 100%, but will she like what she finds? Add in a trip to school for show and tell with Marissa and Clarissa with one of Clay's brand new inventions has Lacey reliving horrors of middle school. A surprising job offer has her taking stock of her life and a shocking revelation about her biological father has a cliffhanger of an ending ( )