Whatever happened to Raymond Ratzlaff? Did he die a World War II hero? Did he do hard time on Alcatraz Island? Did the Mafia do him in? Reade had everything she ever wanted growing up ... except a father. Within a day of her college graduation, she learned the truth about the brief love affair between two teenaged sweethearts-her parents. Determined to discover the truth about the father she never knew, Reade set out on a journey for answers and retraced the life of her father, Raymond Ratzlaff.Along the way, Reade discovered she had a peculiar step-grandmother, Nadine, with a gift--or curse--for attracting the attention of a ghostly cast of characters. Could this be the reason she was confined to a mental institution for a decade?Take a journey with Reade and Nadine to discover the truth that will take them from Colorado Springs to the San Francisco Bay and the Island known as Alcatraz.