24 SUSSEX DRIVE is the official residence of the Canadian Prime Minister. And the peaceful democracy that shelters thousands of the world's refugees has been infiltrated by a silent, invisible invasion. After WWII a secret elite in Stalin's Russian military devised a strategy to gain political control of the passive North American democracy - Canada. By 1975 the twenty-year-old ploy had been so effective that enough sleeper agents were living and working at all key levels of Canadian society to launch the unprecendented coup, except for one element - a puppet prime minister. With the 'puppet' identified by 1982 the target goes about her business as if she has complete freewill. But when events Victoria Hamilton can neither understand nor explain begin to steer her previously well ordered life from local to national prominence, initial frustration - turns to alarm. However, perhaps the puppeteer underestimated their own target, but that still doesn't mean the plan hasn't worked...

Hanna Gaikis now 13] and her mother have moved from their cramped basement apartment. When Mrs. Gaikis is offered her original job back as restaurant manager at Mosquito Creek Inn, the inn's owner also provides the widow and her daughter an outlying log cabin, once the home of the original foreman for historical Grant Ranch. However, during her first night in the cabin, Hanna has a haunting dream. While researching material for a school assignment, Hanna and Stephen Anderlund now 13] find artifacts buried beneath the log cabin that only lead to more questions. As the young detectives band together to search further, they stumble onto a murder mystery that dates back to the founding of their town - with the legendary White Buffalo in Hanna's dreams leaving the club members more illusive clues...

The slick and charming younger brother of the mayor returns to Mosquito Creek. On the run from very unsavory people the card-shark's secret plan is just to lay low. However the ruse of 'going-straight' soon begins to unravel when a retired town resident and vocal critic of the town manager is found dead. Gordon McKenna now 13] realizes that in order to investigate the manager's activities the young detectives need insider help. With the mayor away on business his brother has keys to all town hall offices. Gordon McKenna and Joey Salas now 12] convince the uneasy gambler to assist. After finding crucial evidence, the mayor's brother becomes a reluctant hero with unexpected publicity and then attention from the very people he was trying to avoid...

Ten days before Christmas - Mosquito Creek, Montana buzzes with Yuletide activity. Along with the arrival of relatives and old friends, two strangers appear. One man claims to be a real estate developer. A second man claims to be a gourmet coffee executive. Both newcomers also claim they never met. However, twelve-year-old Hanna Gaikis witnesses two events that conflicts with their stories. Risking discovery and serious harm, Hanna and Stephen Anderlund 12] find enough proof to convince the rest of their team they have another mystery to solve. And, suddenly the amateur sleuths must race the clock to reveal the true reason the outsiders have come to their town isn't land or coffee, but the cargo of a secret train heading their way...

Eleven-year-old Sonia Molosky's quiet summer and that of her close friends begins to shift after an insurance investigator arrives in Mosquito Creek to settle the vast estate of a young heiress who disappeared seven years before. When Sonia discovers the contents of a suitcase behind a hidden door at the back of her mother's closet, she convinces six of her pals to help her search for new clues to the unsolved mystery. Curiosity soon escalates events to an unexpected discovery that challenges their untested resourcefulness and courage in order to outwit and expose a cruel and cunning foe. While attempting to retrace the path the missing girl rode her horse the afternoon she disappeared, history begins to repeat itself...