Abigail Crowe is willing to accept that no amount of illegal magic will be able to bring her father back from the dead. Sheampamp39s willing to appear proper at the funeral or at least try. Sheampamp39s even willing to put up with her little brother William and his questions about death. But when their mother whisks Abigail and her brother south to stay with their estranged uncle Dr. Edward Crowe Abigail decides she is not willing to ignore the eeriness of ancient Ravenscourt Manor. Screams in the night an insane gardener and a murder blamed on her late father are only the beginning. As Abigail breaks the rules to dig deeper into the mysteries surrounding her familyampamp39s history she finds that where magic is involved things are rarely as simple as they appear. Could her father actually be a murderer What is Uncle Edward hiding in the attic And perhaps most importantlyampampmdashwhich family secrets are worth keeping locked up