Zack Jennings, his dad, and his new stepmother Judy have just moved back to his father’s hometown, in Connecticut, not knowing that their new house has a dark history.

Fifty years ago, a crazed killer caused an accident at the nearby crossroads that took 40 innocent lives.

[1] Kirkus Reviews described it as having "brief, fast-paced action chapters, tight plotting, several murders and a sympathetic main character keep things moving, as long-buried clues to the mystery of a tragic accident are revealed with some help from kindly phantoms.

[2] Jessica Miller in her review for School Library Journal said that "this riveting tale is written in short, easy-to-read chapters, making it a good choice for reluctant readers.

Throughout the story, the main characters grow closer to one another and gain heroic traits while the "bad guys" reveal greater depths of wickedness and insanity.