Thirteen-year-old Ernestine Wilson--call her Ernie or else--and her family move into a spooky oceanfront house. Rumors of ghosts abound. Ernie doesn't believe the rumors until she comes face to face with a ghost who begs for help finding her killer. Ernie is soon up to her baseball cap in Whales: a mysterious whale-watching boat, whale buttons, silver whale jewelry and a stolen whale pin. Which are important? Which not? There are just too many whales...