Jewell McDunn solves one problem-where to live when her daughter''s boyfriend takes over the apartment-and becomes entangled in a much more deadly one.
When her barista friends hook her up with a room in one of Miwok town''s prestigious Victorian mansions-the scene of a grisly, unsolved murder-Jewell is forced to placate the spirit of the murdered woman in order to get a good night''s sleep.
On this trip into the paranormal world, Jewell enlists the help of Lois Lane (a really smart Blue Heeler dog) and a collection of local characters while butting heads with the mansion''s resident psychopath.