Set against the sultry summer heat of Alabama and the racial tensions of the deep south in the decades before the Civil Rights Act is the story of the ghost of old man Gelsinger and his haunting of Dyas Creek. Spanning three generations of women, the story draws them in, but his fortune-stashed in mason jars-remains hidden.
As the world changes, even in a sleepy southern town, the legend of the old man and his fortune lives on, but will the mystery ever be solved?