Shots fired! Officer down! Sergeant Stacey O"Hara, a Sheriff"s deputy is seriously wounded during a shootout and is near death. Sergeant Jay Reardon, a deputy from Shannon"s Creek, Virginia, is an out of town visitor riding with an officer friend. He comes to her aid and is stunned by Stacey"s likeness to his missing wife. About to pass over the divide between the living and the dead, Stacey is stopped by a spirit from the other side. She tells Stacey that she must not die. During the long months of recovery, Stacey realizes that the spirit is not a figment of her imagination and accepts it as an invisible entity whose voice is comforting, supportive and who is encouraging her to get well. The entity identifies herself as Ellie Reardon. She explains no one knows she is dead, only her killer. Ellie seeks Stacey"s help in finding her body and her murderer. Stacey"s godfather offers her his summer home in Shannon"s Creek, in south West Virginia, to recuperate. On her arrival Stacey meets...