When Mrs. Cobb heard unearthly noises in the antiquefilled farmhouse, she called Jim Qwilleran for help. But he was too late. It looked as if his kindly ex-housekeeper had been frightened to death, but by whom? Or what? Now Qwilleran's moved into the historic farmhouse with hs two cat companions and Koko the Siamese is spooked. Is it a figment of feline imagination or the clue to a murder in Moose County? And does Qwilleran have a ghost of a chance of solving this haunting mystery?