<p>Small town etiquette columnist Hope Springs is the latest victim of a murder&mdash;only she isn&rsquo;t the&nbsp; one who died&hellip;</p><p>Determined to celebrate her birthday with quiet decorum&nbsp;Hope&#39;s peace is shattered when she witnesses the hit and run death of Eugene Schreier the pretentious food critic at her paper and Jezebel his equally exasperating dog.&nbsp;</p><p>To make a troubling situation worse Eugene and Jezebel&rsquo;s ghosts arrive on Hope&rsquo;s doorstep intent on haunting Hope until she helps Eugene uncover the reason for his death.</p><p>In their search for answers the unlikely duo become embroiled in several misadventures including the murder of a wealthy businessman.</p>