Landra leaves the hustle and bustle of New York City to visit her sister in the quiet seclusion of their childhood home, Greenlea Mansion near New Orleans. Nothing had prepared her for the horrifying truth, complicated by unanswered questions, which surround the now seemingly deserted family mansion.

Befriended by a local family, Landra eventually learns that her sister is dead. But why had her husband not informed Landra? Why was her body not allowed to be buried in the local church cemetery? What sinister circumstances now hang like a shroud over her beloved Greenlea?