This Book Is Live I'm a ghost, don't you know? When Mickey Hogan hears what he thinks is a ghost talking to him and it exposes a whole new danger for the swamp. This ghost tells him that people are in the swamp and they want to kill the Hogans. He doesn't know why she comes to him of all people. He also isn't ready for the sight he sees when he finally meets her. She had been hidden away for her entire life, just like her grandmother. Maudie and Renee then have a story to tell the entire Hogan Family about their history and it isn't a good one.