In 1944, a woman had a boyfriend and was going to get engaged but her father thought he was poor and tried to use a gun. 63 years later, moving to a spooky, old house in the country, Roxy Hunter, an irrepressible 9-year-old, stumbles into a weird world of unsolved mysteries and the unknown. With the help of her best friend Max, a 12-year-old genius she calls her fiancé, she embarks on a mission to solve a crime, save their house, and re-unite a lost love from beyond the grave.