When the body of seamstress Hannah Crook is discovered on the shore of Fairy Pond—her secrets buried deeper than the roots of the ancient oaks—Louisa May Alcott, famed author and detective, is drawn into a web of murder, witchcraft, and small-town intrigue.

As Louisa and her unlikely band of allies—eccentric townsfolk, outcast sisters rumoured to be witches, and a cast of suspects each with their own motives—delve into the mysteries plaguing Concord, they uncover more than just a single crime. Cattle are found mutilated in ritualistic fashion, a missing cake knife becomes a clue, and the line between superstition and reality blurs with every new revelation.

Can Louisa untangle the truth before another victim falls—or will Concord’s ghosts claim another soul?