Hank the ghost and his fiendish cohorts try to find a friend who will not be scared of them

The news about Hank's new stately home has reached two very unpleasant ghosts - Phred the Phantom and Goulash, his ghoul-friend. They trick Hank into accepting a a haunting tournament, with the losers promising to leave the stately home forever. The successor to "Hank the Clank".

Hank and his friends are being terrorized by a little girl called Poppy. She heats up Hank's ball and chain, plays head and seek with Edward, makes Gladys' broomstick crash, and sets a savage dog after Bonaparte. The ghosts are all terrified of her. If Poppy isn't frightened of them, what is she frightened of? This is the third book in this internationally successful series.