Bag of Bones

Bestselling author Mike Noonan, forty, is still in mourning four years after his wife passed away unexpectedly. Reluctantly, Mike goes back to the lakeside retreat, where he is unable to write and is tormented by vivid visions of the summerhouse in western Maine that he names Sara Laughs. There he finds his beloved Yankee village under the control of a formidable businessman named Max Devore, whose vengeful goal is to wrest his three-year-old granddaughter Kyra from her young mother Mattie, who has been widowed. In addition to being engrossed in Mattie and Kyra's fight and falling in love with them, Mike is also intrigued to the mystery surrounding Sara Laughs, which is now experiencing increasing fear and ghostly visits. What forces have been let loose in this situation, and what do they hope to get from Mike Noonan?