While investigating a mysterious robbery in the house next door, the five young amateur sleuths and a dog ended up at a dead end! And it’s not surprising—among the evidence there is only a tiny red glove. How surprised the young detectives were when the local policeman, Mr. Gunn, pulled a strange parcel out of the river containing a pair of gloves—one of which matched the glove they’d found. What does all this mean? Who needed to get rid of these strange pieces of evidence? The kids understand that only by answering these questions will they be able to solve the mystery of the puzzling robbery…
— Worse than our current vacation, perhaps, we’ve never had, — said Pip, addressing his sister Betsy. — And why did you decide to unleash this terrible flu on all of us?
Betsy was clearly offended.
— I didn’t do it on purpose! — she exclaimed. — Someone infected me before I infected you. The worst part is that it happened on Christmas.