Her uncle Paul disappeared mysteriously and left her siblings expensive gifts.

Eventually, she discovered that the umbrella lining contains maps and diagrams to secret means of traveling around the globe.

It is the first title in the four-part Samantha Spinner book series, to be released by Random House 2018–2021.

The underside of the umbrella contains a map of secret passages which they expect will help find Samantha's uncle, but outlaw ninjas from the sewers are in pursuit of them.

In the first two published books, they visit: The Louvre - France; The Eiffel Tower - France; The Florence Duomo - Italy; The Fountain of Neptune - Italy; The Temple of Horus - Egypt; Times Square - USA; The Space Needle - USA; The Great Mosque - Mali; Borobudur Temple - Indonesia; Machu Picchu - Peru The 2018 audiobook edition, narrated by Kathleen McInerney and Grover Gardner, was listed an Earphones award winner by AudioFile Magazine.