Which is more terrifying? Being haunted by the dead or by the living? What if you have the misfortune to experience both simultaneously? Carrie Winston-Thompson's journey to identify the shoeless boy in overalls haunting her waking hours leads to an unlikely source - her family. The path to solving this mystery leaves Carrie fighting to reconcile family members she thought she knew with the strangers they have now become. With her cousin Deanna as an ally, Carrie finds herself not only threatened by the shadows of the past, but those of the present as well. Uncovering the truth behind her personal haunting and the secret kept hidden for over 50 years may very well cost Carrie her life.