Chris Landrum's least favorite holiday was rapidly approaching, and his wish was that Halloween would slip away like a phantom disappearing into the fog. The retired bureaucrat's hopes were shattered when a man walking within inches of him was gunned down. Chris then learns the dead man was on Folly for a conference of psychics, mediums, witches, palm readers, and others with paranormal powers.

Was the killer one of the Folly Beach residents who didn't approve of the fortune tellers' visit? Was it a fortune teller who had something against a colleague? Or, and more frightening, was Chris the intended victim? W