If the dead can wake and walk among us how can we know what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruthstrange corpse-like and dead for centuriesis the light of Roos'' life. That is until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos'' backroom seances and the two strike up a connection. Soon Roos is whisked away to the crumbling estate Agnes inherited upon the death of her husband where an ill woman haunts the halls strange smells drift through the air at night and mysterious stone statues reside in the family chapel. Something dreadful festers in the manor but still the attraction between Roos and Agnes is undeniable. Then someone is murdered. Poor alone and with a history of ''hysterics'' Roos is the obvious culprit. With her sanity and innocence in question she''ll have to prove whoor whatis at fault or lose everything she holds dear. . Language: English