In a small town in Appalachia people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black
ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker. When called
upon she can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives -- only once never twice.
But this truly unique gift comes at a price rooting Weatherly to people who only want her
around when they need her and resent her unfamiliar ways when they don't. Weatherly's cousin
Adaire also has a gift: she's a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces.
Right before she is killed in an accident Adaire saw something unnerving and that's why
Weatherly believes she was murdered -- never thinking for a moment that it was an accident. But
when Weatherly for the first time is unable to talk the death out of the mayor's son the
whole town suspects she is out for revenge that she wouldn't save him. With the help of clues
Adaire left behind and her family's Granny Witch recipe box Weatherly sets out to find the
truth behind her cousin's death whatever it takes.--
