In this thirteenth installment of the popular series, Miss Julia is coping with empty nest syndrome. Young Lloyd will be moving out at the end of the school year to join his mother, baby sisters, and Mr. Pickens in their new home. Miss Julia's husband Sam is leaving on a church-sponsored tour of the Holy Land. Miss Julia needs something to distract her mind, so she decides this is the perfect time to embark on a home remodeling project. Of course what starts out as a small project rapidly grows larger: a new Williamsburg style "library" downstairs complete with fireplace and chimney, a new master bedroom and bath for herself and Sam, and a new office workspace for Sam.
However the remodeling project must be hastily set aside when Mr. Pickens goes missing on his latest private investigation job. Then an injured "John Doe" turns up in the backwoods of West Virginia who matches Mr. Pickens' description. Miss Julia enlists the aid of Etta Mae to help her ID Hazel Marie's husband and bring him home. But when the sheriff in West Virginia proves uncooperative, Miss Julia must don a disguise to infiltrate the hospital and smuggle Mr. Pickens out.
Back home again with Mr. Pickens reunited with Hazel Marie, Miss Julia turns her attention back to her remodeling project. But once again she is diverted by the rumors buzzing around Abbottsville, about the strange doings of wealthy eccentric Agnes Whitman and her "spiritual followers." Good church-going woman that she is, Miss Julia is not about to see the young people of Abbottsville enticed into some weird cult. Then Agnes has the effrontery to try to lure away Adam, the young contractor working on Miss Julia's remodeling job! When Miss Julia receives an incoherent call for help from Adam, she and Etta Mae once more ride to the rescue.
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