Sam Benson, a member of the Vultures, a club on the other side of the lake, is recruited. It s up to the Cinnamon Lakers to find the truth before the Christmas play is ruined. It looks like mystery meat isn t the only mystery cooking in Granny Mae s soup kitchen. When Molly and the rest of the Cinnamon Lakers volunteer to help at the church soup kitchen, Granny Mae gives them a real mystery to solve. Soon an even tougher mystery develops.
Someone begins stealing the soup kitchen funds.
In their rush to solve the mysteries, Molly, Quentin, Sunny, Haley, and Dirt discover that things are not always as they appear. Looks can be very deceiving. I ll tell you what s the matter with me, said Dirt s sister, Haley. Molly and Dirt talk Quentin and his cousin Solomon into investigating the monster sighting. Along the way, the Cinnamon Lakers learn the value of courage in the face of danger and difficulty.