The ghostly dog Knitbone Pepper crosses paths with a ghost rabbit looking for young magician Ernest Salt. Continues the quirky series comparable to }Ottoline{ and }Madame Pamlemousse{ Knitbone Pepper is a friendly ghost dog, haunting the crumbling Starcross Hall with a gaggle of other ghostly pets. When Lord Pepper buys an antique top hat he brings home a ghost rabbit looking for a young magician called Ernest Salt. But there's skulduggery at play and Ernest's guardians are determined to keep his identity secret...