This is book 12 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is September in Castle Park, NC and Hope Herring and her teenaged daughter Cori talk about choosing a Christmas tree at a farm where they can tag their chosen tree now, and then in December, come back and pick it up. Thinking it would be a good way to beat the crowds in December, Hope, Cori, her friend Lottie, and Lottie’s mother go out to the farm to pick out their holiday trees. When they arrive at the farm, they notice a colorful bus pull into the lot and proceed to conk out. Soon trouble is brewing, and Hope and Cori get pulled into a missing person’s case that ends up putting mother and daughter in danger. With the help of their resident ghost, they work to separate facts from fiction, and attempt to solve the puzzling case.