When Joni was 14, her best friend Gracie Darling disappeared during a séance. Some 27 years on, the local kids in a small town get their kicks with a game of 'Playing Gracie Darling' – but the seemingly innocent game turns sinister when another girl disappears. Joni, by then a child psychologist, returns to the town and partners with a police sergeant Jay to uncover the truth, while Gracie's sister Ruth faces a mother's worst nightmare when her own daughter vanishes under hauntingly similar circumstances.

A Melbourne family is very happy living where they do, near the Melbourne airport (according to Jane Kennedy, it�s �practically their back yard�). However, they are forced to leave their beloved home, by the Government and airport authorities. �The Castle� is the story of how they fight to remain in their house, taking their case as far as the High Court.