Hazel Walsh left her island home three years ago, determined never to return. But when a series of misfortunates leave her homeless and heartbroken, she has no option but to drag herself back to a place she fears will strangle her. On her way, she stops for the night at the Ol Brook Inn. It's a place of local myth and legend - things that Hazel hasn't believed in since she was a child, when she finds a strange key in the attic and tries it in a locked door, she suddenly wishes she'd paid more attention to the fantasy stories she onced scoffed at.