"Priscilla and Gerald's preparations for their upcoming nuptials are interrupted when Gerald's heirloom eighteenth-century ship's figurehead is stolen from the East Shore Historical Museum. While the police try to track down the culprit, elderly Alzheimer's patient Tom Campbell claims he knows how it was done, but he doesn't remember who did it or when. It soon appears, however, that the thief would rather get rid of the old man than have him remember too much. Can Priscilla find the figurehead and the thief before Tom is silenced forever? Meanwhile, when Gerald's grandson surprises him with a puppy, Gerald wants to keep little Matey at Priscilla's house until Gerald and Priscilla's wedding. But with everything else going on in Priscilla's life, this latest added burden makes her wonder-is she really ready to give hp her independence and get married again?" --Page 4 of cover.