Mike Noonan is a novelist who suffers from writers block after the death of his wife, Jo. A dream inspires him to return to the couples lakeside retreat hoping to find answers about his wifes sudden death- but he is plagued by ever-escalating nightmares and mysterious ghostly visitations from Sara Tidwell, a blues singer whose spirit lingers in the house. As the inhabitants of Dark Score Lake haunt him, Mike comes to realize that his late wife still has something to tell him.