Hazel Wilmot calls Amanda Vickers, her former student and editor of Roaming New England Magazine, with a story idea about a haunted New Hampshire inn. Amanda is intrigued, but before she can get there Hazel dies in a fall while exploring the abandoned inn. Accompanied by her young associate editor, Amanda travels to Shadsborough, a small town gripped by fear. And the fear seems to be catching -- was Hazel's death accidental?
