Halloween has always been one of Maddie Graves' favorite days, and this season things are going to be more special than ever because it's her first big holiday with her live-in love Nick Winters. Nick is keen to make sure Maddie has the time of her life, but the arrival of a popular author and purported psychic in Blackstone Bay has him working overtime to provide protection. A local political group rallies against Cooper Ashton because they believe he's a scam artist bilking people out of their money. Nick has his hands full with warring factions because Ashton's fan club is almost exclusively made up of awed women who have a crush on the dashing man. For his part, Ashton seems to enjoy the attention - both positive and negative - even as he fixes his attention on Maddie. Christy is one of the women fawning over Ashton, and when a body is found at one of Blackstone Bay's festival attractions Nick has more suspects than he can wrangle. Death is stalking Blackstone Bay - and Maddie in particular. While Ashton makes a big show about solving the murder, Maddie is the one putting in the work. When the killer sets his sights on Maddie, things spiral out of control ... again.