"So how smart are you?" said a man's voice abruptly. And loudly. "Because now... it's starting." A creepy phone call. An old, yellowed postcard. A bizarre magazine story. And a strange group of funeral-goers who seem to follow their every move-all contain clues...
While in St. Petersburg, Florida, to help clean out his recently deceased grandmother's house, 13 year old Jason finds an old postcard which leads him on an adventure that blends figures from an old, unfinished detective story with his family's past.