Three humans and a dog go to a small town to uncover a mystery. The humans are Kerri, Andy and Nate, the dog is Tim. As children Kerri, Andy, and their friend (who dies when he's an adult) Peter with a dog named Sean formed a detective club and solved a mystery surrounding a lake. Now as adults with plus Time who's the grandson of Sean, they feel the need to return and discover the truth they failed to notice as children. Also Nate sees Peter and even talks to him but he isn't sure if it's really his ghost or a hallucination.

There's a lot I liked about this book, mainly the found family element and the fact that Tim doesn't die although he does suffer some injuries. However it really irritated me whenever the writing went from prose to suddenly switching to screenplay format and then back to prose, and the humor stopped being funny after a while. Also near the beginning a minor character is referred to as a hermaphrodite which felt really weird and unnecessary. Despite these flaws I would still recommend this book to readers who like fantasy, cosmic horror, and found family books.