Nola's not much of a witch-she can work only a few useless spells, like the one that lets her spy on people. But there's no spell for keeping her crazy mother-who hears voices and is a magnet for witch-hunters-out of trouble. The two flee from town to town until the day Nola witnesses a murder. Which is bad enough, but worse is that the murderer may frame Nola and her mother for the crime. And then no amount of magic will save her.