Bag of Bones, by Stephen King

Best-selling author Mike Noonan is devastated for four years after the unexpected death of his wife, Jo. He has anxiety attacks whenever he sits down in front of his computer & attempts to write. After having many disturbing nightmares, he decides to go to his lake cabin to try writing there. He hasn't been there much since the death of Jo, and learns that she was being quite secretive the last year of her life. He meets 3-year-old Kyra & her young mother Mattie, who is in the middle of an ugly custody battle with her very rich father-in-law Max Devore. He decides to help out Mattie by hiring a lawyer for her, which turns out to be quite risky. Meanwhile, back at the cabin, Mike is experiencing a haunting from former Red Tops singer, Sara Tidwell. A mystery begins to unfold throughout the story as Mike is haunted day and night by dreams and visions of happenings from 100 years earlier and the present day begin to intertwine until a tragedy happens. Mike does everything he can to save Kyra from her evil father-n-law's grip and learns back home that Jo had been uncovering unspeakable secrets from the past that are still affecting them now. This story was slow in a few parts but overall a good, interesting book.