Aunt Jessie's death, so sudden and unexpected, left us all dazed and jittery, as we stumbled around trying to get our bearings...

To Zinny Taylor, life is like trying to untangle spaghetti.

She needs to escape the chaos of her family, and when she finds a long-forgotten trail in the woods near her home, she resolves to unearth it stone by stone.

It's a journey that leads her to unravel the hidden secrets of her aunt's life. And while Zinny chases ghosts in the woods, young Jake Book is determined to chase her... "Very moving, very funny and very, very good." - Michael Thorn, "Literary Review".