Mad Tom Spring: Those People

Maurice Diggersby, the handyman at Mad Tom Farm, isn't one to run from perilous ground, but when a guest shows up with a gun, and a genuine Tiffany lamp mysteriously appears in the midst of preparations for the annual Spring Meadowlark, he finds himself in need of more than his usual measure of practicality and wit to get to the bottom of things.

While the eccentric Bertram family struggles to get everything done, several troubling secrets converge around a barrage of unruly guests and a lawn crew that no one seems to have hired. Six-year-old Charlie and the renters' little girl know more than they're telling and complications multiply when they conspire to save the new maid from jail. Throw in a missing bride, a situation with ants, and a moral dilemma in the guise of a fox, and only Maurice's presence of mind can hold the foundation steady.