Introducing physic sleuth and writer, Maree Price as she takes on a case that she had filed away as family members were in denial of the ghost or apparition that continued to plague them. She put the file away and tried to forget it but as with most unsolved mysteries, it just never went away. After receiving a an unsettling call from a friend, she decided it was time to investigate again.
Set in the background of radical changes of equal rights and the colorful atmosphere of small town Alabama in the 1980's, the story gives a close insight to the characters surrounding Thorn Hill. Life is not always as it seems and the undercurrents of this social and political community produce a unique ghost story.
Events have grown to a frightening crescendo by the time she returns and a young woman's life hangs in the balance of solving the mystery of Thorn Hill's resident ghost who strongly resembles the lovely Rose who died there. Maree is drawn into the dramatic solution of finding peace for this spirit and saving another life.