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.