When Harriet Bean's father mentions that he has five sisters―whom Harriet has never met―she is immediately intrigued. Harriet is determined to uncover the whereabouts of her five lost aunts, but with nothing more than an unfinished family portrait and a few outdated clues, will she be able to locate them? Join Harriet in her search to reunite her father with his five lost sisters―Veronica, Harmonica, Majolica, Japonica, and Thessalonika.
Harriet Bean loves nothing more than a good mystery. And together with her five extraordinary aunts (Veronica, Harmonica, Majolica, and twins Japonica and Thessalonika), she is always ready to take on a new case. Harriet doesn't think twice when her mind-reading detective aunts Japonica and Thessalonika enlist her help in catching a cheat at the racetrack. After all, Harriet is just the right size to go undercover as a jockey. But when the plan takes an unexpected turn, Harriet finds herself in the saddle!
When Harriet Bean's absentminded father told her that she had five aunts- none of whom she had met before-the nine-year-old sleuth set about locating them at once. So imagine her surprise to discover that there is yet another missing aunt waiting to be found! Together with her mind-reading detective aunts Japonika and Thessalonika, Harriet heads out to the wild west to find long-lost aunt number six: Formica. Not only is Aunt Formica a real cowgirl, she's also got a mystery on her hands: cattle rustlers!