"Sasha didn't think her life could get any worse. She was wrong. First, her dad decided they all needed 'a new start' and moved her and her younger brother to Manna Creek, a town whose residents don't seem very glad to have a new policeman-- never mind his kids-- in town. Then, things started happening. Strange, inexplicable things that only she can see, or hear. Just like before. At least there's King, the retired police dog who's come to live with...

A Pulitzer winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forget connections of her own.