Snotley, a haunted village where the dead are cursed. For those who die in Snotley can never leave it. Roman ghosts, tudor ghosts, ghosts from every age haunt its houses, its fields and its woods. Some merely moan as they roam, some can walk and talk with the living and some are friends with Queenie Spink, cleaner, gardener and widow. Life and death ticks steadily by until Eric, a viking warrior cursed to die three times before oblivion and darkness take him forever, crosses the parish boundary. But Eric is not blessed with charm and finds it hard to make friends among the living or dead until the three Witton sisters offer him a solution — a solution that leads to trouble and heartbreak for Queenie and her family.
As the year passes in Snotley things go from bad to worse. Will the ghosts of Snotley survive? Can Eric avoid his fate? And who will rule the village in the end — Queenie — Eric — or is someone else behind it all?