Fanny Zindel isn't happy. On her first trip to the Holy Land, she would rather tour the home of her ancestors with her granddaughter Susan than try to talk the headstrong young girl into going back to her English boarding school for the summer session. But Fanny has promised to try. In addition, Fanny is determined to find out about her brother Albert's suspicious death in Israel some thirty years earlier. Fanny thinks it's long past time to discover if there is any truth to rumors of her brother's great disgrace. Helping a nervous young man to get a standby seat on her flight, soon leads to a harrowing adventure involving forgery, espionage, kidnapping, the Dead Sea Scrolls, murder and action.