Alison Kerby's guesthouse is haunted all year round. Surviving the dead of winter, though? That's a spooky proposition.
Even with a blizzard bearing down on New Jersey, Alison can count on at least two guestsPaul and Maxie, the stubborn ghosts who share her shore town inn. Then there's her widowed mother, who hasn't just been seeing ghosts, she's been secretly dating one: Alison's father. But when he stands her up three times in a row, something's wrong. Is he a lost soulor a missing apparition?
Their only lead is an overdramatic spiritstage name Lawrence Laurentzwho doesn't take direction well and won't talk until they find his killer. Alison will reluctantly play the part of PI, but when the clues take a sinister turn, the writing is on the wall: If Alison can't keep a level head, this will be her father's final actand maybe her own.