Following the sad death of an au pair, Henry Wingrave employs a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew, who live at Bly Manor with the chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie, and housekeeper Mrs. Grose. However, not everything is as it appears at the house, and decades of dark secrets about love and loss await discovery in this unsettling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, the term "dead" does not necessarily mean "gone."