Paranormal students Delores and Prudence are being hounded by inquisitors after they broke the rules and helped rescue fellow student Maud from death at the hands of an evil spirit. Magoria Jepp is searching for secrets at their home in Edinburgh's Tolbooth Book Store, but does she have an uncanny history of her own to hide? As Delores tries save her friends, she attracts the unwelcome attention of a murderous Bocain, or evil spirit, intent on stealing her paranormal gifts. Can she defeat her enemies, and maybe her own family too, to save everyone she loves at the Tolbooth Book Store?