In a seaside Irish town, Michael Farr (Ciaran Hinds), a teacher raising his two kids alone since his wife died two years earlier, begins to believe his house is haunted. Michael sparks interest in a visiting horror novelist, Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), who writes books about ghosts and the supernatural. However, Lena has been having an affair with the world-renowned novelist Nicholas Holden (Aidan Quinn). Both authors are visiting the town for an international literary festival, and as the festival progresses, the trajectories of these three people draws them into a life-altering collision involving challenges of love, fear of the unknown and release from the burden of grief.