Publisher's Synopsis
This is the original novella, why not read the extended version Daughters of the Oak
It was our first case in Manningtree.
A town with a black past, it bears a mark in history it would rather forget-a forerunner to Salem. Harking back to a time when life was cheap and superstition consumed the hearts of God-fearing folk.
We deal with the dead, the lost and disoriented.
My name is Alex. I document, carry the heavy equipment-I'm the muscle. And Heather, well, she is the real deal. She has a direct line to the spirit world.
We have one rule: never work on Halloween.
There are too many weirdoes about, not to mention the dead. I should have known better, but I felt compelled to take this account. 'Just this once, ' I said. 'Just this once Heth. How bad can it be?'
It was our first time in Manningtree... and it would be our last
