Deep in the hollows of Georgia's wild Appalachians, the ghost of a young girl can sometimes be seen in the moonlight, still wandering the paths of Black Pine Mountain, where she vanished more than fifty years ago. Now another little girl has gone missing, the only child of a troubled backwoods couple guarding a dark secret of their own.

Flap Tucker, a Zen private eye with a knack for finding missing things, is on his way from Atlanta to the eerie little town of Lost Pines. Beautiful nightclub owner Dalliance Oglethorpe has come with him. Together they will play their parts in the most terrifying kind of ghost story: one that's real--and not over yet.

Following a twisted trail that leads from the down-home warmth of Miss Nina's renowned FOOD establishment to the terrifying raptures of charismatic snake handlers, from shadowy forests where old tragedies lie buried to the cold realities of modern-day evil, Flap Tucker and his special talents are a little girl's last hope against a ghost's final revenge.Deep in the hollows of Georgia's wild Appalachians, the ghost of a young girl can sometimes be seen in the moonlight, still wandering the paths of Black Pine Mountain where she vanished more than fifty years ago. Now, another little girt has gone missing, the only child of a troubled backwoods couple guarding a dark secret of their own.

Mustard Abernathy, the local football coach, saw the ghost on the night 10-year-old Ginny McDonner disappeared, the night his wife Sissy gave birth to their own baby girl. And when Sissy's cousin Dalliance Oglethorpe and her friend Flap Tucker arrive to celebrate the birth, Mustard -- with the grudging assent of local lawman Cedar Duffie -- enlists their help in the search for Ginny.

Following a twisted trail that leads from the down home warmth of Miss Nina's renowned FOOD establishment, to the terrifying raptures of charismatic snakehandlers, from shadowy forests where old tragedies lie buried to the cold realities of modern-day evil, Flap Tucker and his special talents are a little girl's last hope against a ghost's final revenge.