There is an old ghost story in the sleepy town of Ravens Fair about Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who went mad. Accused of the murder of a young boy, she was hunted down by townspeople who cut out her tongue and killed her. They buried her along with her hand-made collection of vaudeville dolls. Since that time, Ravens Fair has been plagued by death. The dolls from Mary Shaw's collection have gone missing from the grave and reappeared over the decades. In the dead of night--wherever they are glimpsed--families are found murdered, with their tongues torn out. Newlyweds Jamie and Lisa Ashen thought they had established a fresh start. But when his wife is killed, Jamie returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery of her death. As he uncovers the legend of Mary Shaw, Jamie unlocks the story of her curse and the truth behind the song from his childhood: if you see her and scream, you will never speak again.