Sixteen year old sallie songer moved from the nation's capital to the moonshine capital of the world; a rural virginia county not celebrated for its monuments and memorials, but famously known for its history of brewing and hauling illegal liquor. haunted by the thought of a less than epic existence in this new place with its old-timey sensibilities, sallie is thrilled with her discovery of a diary penned in the late 1930's by a teenage girl who witnessed a murder in the forest near sallie's home. when sallie encounters the ghost of the killer described in the diary, she fears not just for her life but also her new-found spirit sighting ability. and as she grows more connected to her neighbor, zeke - the jeep driving, guitar playing, tattoo wearing, sweet talking son of a preacher man, sallie finds her past, her present, and her future merging in ways she never could have dreamed.