After moving to a new town, the main character, Skeet, quickly learns that good friends are hard to find, bad friends are hard to lose and strange friends might be right next door. As his school holiday quest to prove his elderly neighbour is a villain unfolds, Skeet learns that looks can be deceiving as foe becomes friend and danger wears a smile. Creepy as he is, Dr Death is not the scariest thing living next door after all!