Eleven-year-old Crow Darlingson has been dead for two years, forced to stay in the house with his overprotective mother except when he can sneak out, but new neighbor Melody Plympton offers a chance at friendship and, perhaps, getting his life back.

Clients pay Katrell to talk to their deceased loved ones, but it is not enough to support her unemployed mother and Mom's deadbeat boyfriend-of-the-week. When a ghost warns her to stop the summonings or she'll "burn everything down," Katrell is willing to call them on their bluff. What do ghosts know about eating peanut butter for dinner? When her next summoning accidentally raises someone from the dead, Katrell realizes that a live body is worth...

Death walks into Charlie Hernandez's life. At least, the dead do, starting with a mysterious young calaca who corners him at school, dropping cryptic hints about trouble brewing in the 305. With the League of Shadows focused on repairing fractured alliances and tracking gathering armies, this one is up to Charlie to solve. Not even teenage journalist Violet Rey can figure out how a sudden rooster infestation, earthquakes, missing persons, and a pet-napping...