Twas the night before Christmas, and during the house not really a creature was stirring… But something must be stirring. Something concealed in the shadows. Something kills the servants of a vintage Edwardian mansion in the most brutal and macabre manner possible. Exactly for the chiming from the hour, every hour, as the grandfather time clock ticks on towards midnight. Trapped and scared, the physician and Charley are compelled to play detective to murders without motive, where also the victims don’t stay lifeless. Time is operating out. And time itself may end up being the killer…