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) and a collection of local characters, while butting heads with the mansion’s resident psychopath.