After her treasured childhood doll, Sophie, is sold out from under her to "Mean" Minerva Dougherty, Jillian Green is determined to get her precious porcelain doll back. The quest leads her to Minerva's home, the ominous Hedgerfield Hall, where she discovers the dead body of Minerva's younger, kinder sister, Rachel, at the bottom of the grand staircase. Now Jillian wonders if the doll's value is more than just sentimental.