Sir Simon has been playing to an empty house for twenty years when Mr Otis buys Canterville Chase, taking contents and ghost at valuation. And if the Otis's aren't fazed by the ghost, they won't be fazed by the English and their frosty reception.

Sir Simon steps up his efforts to terrorize the Americans but the vulgar Colonials still refuse to be frightened. And when the Otis's are challenged by Lady Deborah to host a local cricket match, it looks set to be a royal embarrassment.

No longer the haunter but the hunted, Sir Simon is reduced to creeping around the house. And after Hiram receives news that his company has crashed, Lucy is determined not to wallow in the loss of their fortune.

Virginia steps into the fourth dimension where she must appear in court and defend Sir Simon. Meanwhile the twins follow clues through a secret tunnel underneath Canterville Chase and the adults launch a search party for their missing child.