Two of John Curley's investigators had just quit when he settled down on his desk to catch up. Then he saw the blinking light on his answering machine. Another case, this time across state lines. A twenty-bedroom mansion that's been under renovation for over four years. Four years was a long time in his mind - the mind of a construction foreman. There were "noises" in the house, according to the site manager, the third one hired in less than a year after the last two entire construction teams quit. How unusual this house was. Indeed it turned out to be a house of grandeur, of opulence in an era of opulence. He felt a heaviness in his gut, an oncoming headache as he trod into the foyer, but he chose to disregard it. For John it was another investigation, another mansion to renovate. But the mansion itself had other ideas.